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Combination of Aspirin and an Anti-Clotting Drug Reduces Risk of Dialysis Access Failure – 1
Narrator: This is NIH Health Matters. People with severe kidney disease, also known as kidney failure, need some form of kidney replacement therapy to survive.
Dr. Meyers: The most common form in the United States is hemodialysis.
Narrator: Dr. Catherine Meyers with the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases explains hemodialysis.
Dr. Meyers: It is a procedure that requires access to blood vessels so that blood is actually removed from the patient, is then treated in a dialysis machine, and then returned.
Narrator: Dr. Meyers says that there are different ways for physicians to set up what is called an "access" for hemodialysis. For more information, visit www.nih.gov. Health Matters is produced by the National Institutes of Health, part of the US Department of Health and Human Services.
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