MAX Blue Line delayed about 20 minutes through 8 p.m. due to an earlier collision between an auto and gate arm at Willow Creek TC.
Are there different types of dialysis? There are two kinds of dialysis. In hemodialysis, blood is pumped out of your body to an artificial kidney machine, and returned to your body by tubes that connect you to the machine. In peritoneal dialysis, the inside lining of your own belly acts as a natural filter.
Dialysis catheter. A dialysis catheter is a catheter used for exchanging blood to and from a hemodialysis machine and a patient. The dialysis catheter contains two lumens: venous and arterial. This terminology is confusing, because both lumens are in the vein.