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A Dictionary of Nursing

artificial kidney (dialyser) n. see haemodialysis.
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	The Father of Dialysis. (Reviews).(The Nuts and Bolts of Life: Willem Kolff and the Invention of the Kidney Machine)(Book Review) ; ...and returns it. In effect, it is an artificial kidney and its work, done on average three...treatment the patient would die. How this artificial kidney and other famous medical devices...used the world's first successful artificial kidney. Kolff had seen a young man die of... Read more
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	Artificial kidney shows promise for critically ill ; ...Record (Bergen County, NJ) 04-26-2008 Artificial kidney shows promise for critically ill...Edtion: All Editions An experimental artificial kidney that incorporates living cells shows...to 72 hours of treatment with the artificial kidney. After one month, the team reported... Read more
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	Roth guided early tests on artificial kidney ; Roth guided early tests on artificial kidney By DON BEHM dbehm@journalsentinel...first clinical tests of a portable, artificial kidney -- a device now used by nearly a...each year, said Richard Stewart, an artificial kidney designer and retired chairman of... Read more
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