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THE USE AND FUNCTION OF THE ARTIFICIAL KIDNEY 1
Author(s) -
Parsons F. M.,
McCracken B. H.
Publication year - 1958
Publication title -
british journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 0007-1331
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1958.tb03548.x
Subject(s) - cellophane , artificial kidney , renal function , dialysis , medicine , volumetric flow rate , blood flow , surgery , biomedical engineering , materials science , mechanics , cardiology , composite material , physics
SUMMARY 1. The results obtained in 129 dialyses on eighty‐five patients are presented. 2. Modifications to the Kolff‐Brigham artificial kidney to increase flow rate and dialysing surface area are described. 3. Some details of the properties of cellophane as a dialysing membrane are given. 4. The effect of flow rate, dialysing surface area, and diffusion gradient on clearance rates are presented. 5. Preliminary dialysis of the citrated blood in the machine is suggested.