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Is it standard of care to perform dialysis on someone who is currently experiencing heart trauma?

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Dr. H Robert Silverstein answered

Specializes in Cardiology

For each: There is a standard of care. Discuss specifics with the md that is recommending such. Hrs, md, facc www.Thepmc.Org.

Answered 4/6/2013

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Question too vague: Dialysis is performed for a variety of reasons but is never performed casually. Urgent dialysis is lifesaving and sometimes temporizing until definitive care or perhaps permanent dialysis can be instituted. Some of the indications for urgent dialysis could be related to the heart although difficult o say without more details.

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