Assertion: Hemodialysis can save and prolong the life of uremic patients.
Reason: Waste products like urea can be removed from the blood by the process of hemodialysis.
(a) If both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion.
(b) If both Assertion and Reason are correct, but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion.
(c) If Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect.
(d) If both the Assertion and Reason are incorrect.
(a) If both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion.
Explanation:
The blood urea level rises abnormally (uremia) in patients suffering from renal failures. In uremia patients an artificial kidney is used for removing accumulated waste products like urea from the blood by a process called hemodialysis. In this way, hemodialysis saves and prolongs the life of many uremic patients.