Mathematical Modeling Of Commercial Kidney Dialysis

Hemodialysis is a widely used clinical procedure to treat patients who suffer from acute renal failure. The primary component in this procedure is an artificial kidney or dialyzer that removes waste products from the patient's blood. Many mathematical models have been proposed during the past four decades to model hemodialysis but none have addressed in detail the mass transport associated with the multiple passage of blood through the dialyzer. The motivation behind this investigation is to contribute to the development of a mathematical model which could easily interface with the clinical hemodialysis procedure.