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F. JOHN LEWIS, M.D.; MILTON P. REISER, M.D.; RICHARD H. EGDAHL, M.D.; KING T. CHUNG, M.D.

AMA Arch Surg. 1952;65(4):588-599.

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SOUND evidence demonstrating that the artificial kidney offers a valuable method for treating acute renal failure has been difficult to obtain. Essentially it must be shown that some patients who would otherwise die will recover with use of the artificial kidney. Such salvageable patients should be found among those with acute renal failure who do not recover their renal function when treated by conservative methods alone. For some of these, the additional days of life provided by use of the artificial kidney should lead to a return of adequate kidney function. In our experience, patients of this type, who can be saved by treatment with the artificial kidney, are rarely encountered.

For those suffering from chronic renal failure, the artificial kidney may offer promise of some palliation, but, as might be expected, these patients will ultimately die of their diseases.

This report is an analysis of the effectiveness of the . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
MINNEAPOLIS

From the Department of Surgery (Division of General Surgery and Division of Urology), University of Minnesota Medical School.

Footnotes
This work was supported in part by a Grant-in-Aid from the Graduate School, University of Minnesota.

Read at the Ninth Annual Meeting of the Central Surgical Association, Toronto, Canada, March 8, 1952.

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