Future of home hemodialysis.
An attempt to prophesy the future of home hemodialysis is based on anticipated near and long term technological improvements. Dialysis treatments will become shorter, due to pressure filtration, while extracting molecules in the 300 to 3000 dalton weight range through more permeable membranes. Portable and wearable dialysis systems will increase patient mobility. By the 21st century, implantable bionic kidneys and perfect host tolerance to renal allografts and xenografts will relegate home hemodialysis to history texts. A non-surgical definitive treatment for uremia is envisioned in the colonization of the human bowel with nitrogenn recycling bacteria.
D001701:Bionics; D005544:Forecasting; D006437:Hemodialysis, Home; D006801:Humans; D007422:Intestines / Q000382:microbiology; D007688:Kidneys, Artificial; D014462:Ultrafiltration