News tagged with dialysis machines
Study: Most kidney dialysis patients not prepared for emergency evacuation
Immediately after Hurricane Katrina in August 2005, the survival of more than 5,800 Gulf Coast kidney dialysis patients was threatened as the storm forced closure of 94 dialysis units. Within a month 148 of these patients ...
Jun 03, 2010 |
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Study finds new stent improves ability to keep vessels open for dialysis patients
Kidney dialysis patients often need repeated procedures, such as balloon angioplasty, to open blood vessels that become blocked or narrowed at the point where dialysis machines connect to the body. These blockages can impact ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 10, 2010 |
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Blood vessels made from patients' cells
(AP) -- Scientists have grown blood vessels for kidney patients from their own cells, making it easier and safer for them to use dialysis machines, a new study says.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 24, 2009 |
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Donating a kidney is not bad for your health, research shows
People who donate a kidney live just as long and are just as healthy as those with two kidneys, according to a new study by University of Minnesota researchers that is the largest ever done on the long-term health consequences ...
Jan 29, 2009 |
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