A person in end- stage renal disease will aid in filtering t…
A person in end- stage renal disease will aid in filtering their blood of metabolic waste and toxins since the kidney is not properly functioning. ___________ being performed several times a week accomplishes this by shunting the blood into a heparinized machine to be filtered and then immediately returning it to the patient’s venous circulation through a large- bore needle inserted into a vascular shunt.