Dialysate delivery: historical, theoretical, and practical aspect
Friedman, E.A.; Lundin, A.P.
Kidney International. Suppl 10: S33-S43
1980
ISSN/ISBN: 0098-6577 PMID: 7003204 Document Number: 165652
Maintenance hemodialysis has progressed from a tentative therapy for a few patients in Seattle to a generally available treatment sustaining 100,000 patients around the world. The technical principles of dialysis are sufficiently understood to permit fabrication of disposable dialyzers in sheet, coil, or hollow-fiber configuration. Dialysate delivery systems can serve either single patients or groups of patients with high efficiency. Reduction in size of single-parent systems by incorporation of dialysate regeneration or miniaturization of components in a suitcase will promote patient mobility.