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Observations from clinical settings show that blood glucose levels drop as blood moves through the dialyzer, even when the starting glucose level in the dialysate solution is higher.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 17, 2026
In the upper component, the dialysate has a lower solute concentration than the blood, which allows the urea to diffuse to the lower dialysate down its concentration gradient.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
He opted for a treatment called peritoneal dialysis, which uses the blood vessels in the abdomen and a cleaning fluid called dialysate.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 14, 2020
He would hook up to it at night, the bags filling his body with a liquid called dialysate, then the machine draining it.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 10, 2018
Others are not fastidious enough; the dialysate bags must be handled with extreme care to avoid dangerous abdominal infections.
From Time Magazine Archive
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