NAV: Departments and Services
Dialysis
Under the medical direction of a nephrologist, a physician specializing in the treatment of kidney disease, Southside Community Hospital is equipped to offer kidney dialysis. Dialysis is the process of removing excess water and waste products from the blood by filtering. Hemodialysis and and peritoneal dialysis, treatments for kidney failure, are administered to dialysis patients. Hemodialysis is also offered to people with sudden drops in kidney function (acute renal failure). Acute renal failure may lead to permanent loss of kidney function; however, it is often reversible.
