Dialysis : history, development, and promise / edited by Todd S. Ing, Mohamed A. Rahman, Carl M. Kjellstrand.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ing, Todd S.

Rahman, Mohamed A.

Kjellstrand, Carl M., 1936-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hemodialysis--History.

Hemodialysis.

Urology--History.

Urology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1008 p.)

Place of Publication:

New Jersey : World Scientific, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book describes the past, present and future of dialysis and dialysis-related renal replacement therapies so that the reader can acquire a firm grasp of the medical management of acute and chronic renal failure.By becoming thoroughly conversant with the past and present of dialysis, a health care professional will be in a much better position to provide the best standard of care to patients suffering from renal failure. As the book highlights the unsolved operational obstacles in the field of renal replacement therapies, future innovators may be inspired to develop novel solutions to tackl

Contents:

Disclaimer; Preface I; Preface II; Contents; List of Contributors; Part I Some Pioneers of Hemodialysis; Chapter 1A The Development of Our Understanding of Uremia Walter H. Hörl; A Look Back; Uremic Bleeding and Uremic Thrombophilia; Immune Dysfunction in Uremia; Anemia and Uremic Toxins; Uremia and the Heart; Uremia and the Gastrointestinal Tract; Insulin Resistance in Uremia; Metabolic Acidosis and Muscle Wasting Associated with Uremia; Suppression of Appetite in Uremia; Sexual Hormone Dysfunction in Uremia; Uremia and Accelerated Atherosclerosis; Uremia and the Skin

Bone Disorders in UremiaNeurologic Complications in Uremia; References; Chapter 1B Claude Bernard and the Milieu Intérieur: Origin and Evolution of the Concept Peter Wise; Editors' Notes; References; Chapter 1C Thomas Graham (1805-1869) - The "Father" of Dialysis J. Stewart Cameron; References; Chapter 1D John Jacob Abel Charles R.P. George and Garabed Eknoyan; The Development of Dialysis Before 1912; Abel's Life and the Themes of His Research; Abel's Papers and Demonstrations on Dialysis and Plasmapheresis; The Film; Abel's Place in the Development of Dialysis and Plasmapheresis

AcknowledgementsReferences; Editors' Note; Chapter 1E Charles Leonard von Hess and Hugh McGuigan Mohammad Kamgar, Allen Nissenson and Anjay Rastogi; References; Chapter 1F G.R. Love: A Dialysis Pioneer Ramin Sam and Jose A.L. Arruda; Reference; Chapter 1G Hemodialysis as an Experimental Therapy: Georg Haas and the First Clinical Treatment of a Human Kidney Patient Jörg Vienken; Prologue; Georg Haas, a Brilliant Medical Student with an Engineering Background; The Development of a Blood Purification System for the Clinical Treatment of Uremia

The Search for an Optimal Anticoagulant for HemodialysisThe First Dialysis Treatment on a Patient, in 1924; References; Editors' Note; Chapter 1H Heinrich Necheles: Pioneer of Hemodialysis in the Treatment of Experimental Uremia August Heidland, André Klassen, Jörg Vienken and Eberhard Ritz; Introduction; Biographical Data and Scope of Investigations; Historical Background; The Necheles Dialysis Apparatus; Animal Trials and Clinical Observations; Problems with Anticoagulants; Vividialysis as a Research Tool for Other Experiments; First Support of Blood Flow by a Pump; Summary and Conclusion

Later Curriculum of NechelesAcknowledgements; References; Chapter 1I William Thalhimer Sandra Moss; Introduction; Early Life; Pathology, Blood Banking, and Serum Therapy; Cellophane; Heparin; Thalhimer's Serum-related In Vitro Dialysis Experiments; Thalhimer's Exchange Transfusion Experiments; The Critical Experiment: Extracorporeal Dialysis Using Both Cellophane Tubing and Purified Heparin; Thalhimer, Abel, and the Abderhalden Connection; Thalhimer and Necheles; Thalhimer and Kolff; Thalhimer and Murray; Thalhimer's Legacy; References

Chapter 1J Willem Johan "Pim" Kolff: Artificial Kidney Therapy Founder and Overlord Eli A. Friedman

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-283-63590-9

981-4289-76-0

OCLC:

811816454