News tagged with dialysis machine


Cultural attitudes impede organ donations in China

(AP)—China is phasing out its reliance on executed prisoners for donated organs, but an architect of the country's transplant system said Friday that ingrained cultural attitudes are impeding the rise of ...

Other created May 17, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Artificial kidney offers hope to patients tethered to a dialysis machine

No matter what else is happening in his life, David Anderson knows he cannot go far from the dialysis machine that sustains him.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 29, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Catheters linked with high risk of infections, heart problems, and death in dialysis patients

Dialysis patients using catheters to access the blood have the highest risks for death, infections, and cardiovascular events compared with patients using other types of vascular access, according to an analysis appearing ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Feb 21, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Dialysis treatments go green

Solar power can help offset high utility costs and make hemodialysis treatments more environmentally friendly, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology (CJASN ...

Other created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sterilization method for hemodialysis dialyzer membrane linked with risk of low platelet counts

Patients who had undergone hemodialysis using dialyzers that had been sterilized with the use of electron beams were more likely to develop thrombocytopenia (an abnormally low platelet count in the blood, associated with ...

Other created Oct 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Low blood pressure during dialysis increases risk of clots

A sudden drop in blood pressure while undergoing dialysis has long vexed many kidney patients. Side effects associated with this situation over the long term range from stroke to seizure to heart damage to death. Patients ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jul 29, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0