| 1. | The blood flows in one direction and the dialysate flows in the opposite.
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| 2. | Glucose diffuses rather rapidly from the dialysate to the blood ( capillaries ).
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| 3. | NxStage System One cycler, being used for hemodialysis with bags of dialysate.
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| 4. | The solution leaving the probe ( dialysate ) is collected at certain time intervals for analysis.
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| 5. | The System One can also use a separate dialysate production device manufactured by NxStage-the PureFlow.
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| 6. | The levels of the components of dialysate are typically prescribed by a nephrologist according to the needs of the individual patient.
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| 7. | The trend lately is to pass this final purified water ( after mixing with dialysate concentrate ) through a dialyzer membrane.
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| 8. | Once purified water is mixed with dialysate concentrate, its conductivity increases, since water that contains charged ions conducts electricity.
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| 9. | Hemodialysis utilizes counter current flow, where the dialysate is flowing in the opposite direction to blood flow in the extracorporeal circuit.
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| 10. | As pore size increases, some high-flux dialyzers begin to let albumin pass out of the blood into the dialysate.
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