Renal replacement therapy

Renal replacement therapy is a term used to encompass life-supporting treatments for renal failure.

It includes:
 * hemodialysis,
 * peritoneal dialysis,
 * hemofiltration and
 * renal transplantation.

These treatments do not cure chronic kidney disease; they are palliative treatments. Early dialysis in acute renal failure may have favourable outcomes and bring resolution of renal failure.

Nierenersatztherapie Terapia de reemplazo renal