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Hemodialysis in the Home
A New Approach to the Treatment of Chronic Uremia
- J. W. ESCHBACH, JR., M.D.;
- B. M. S. BARNETT, M.D.;
- S. DALY, R.N.;
- J. J. COLE, B.S.; and
- B. H. SCRIBNER, M.D., F.A.C.P.
- Requests for reprints should be addressed to J. W. Eschbach, Jr., M.D., Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Wash. 98105.
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Less than 4 years ago hemodialysis was first attempted in the homes of patients with chronic uremia because hemodialysis in a center was not available to them (1-3). Initially home treatment was a cumbersome experimental endeavor but has evolved rapidly into a practical and successful means of treating end-stage kidney disease. Maintenance dialysis now can be made available to almost anyone who is capable of learning to treat himself in his own home. Furthermore, treatment in the home rather than the center can provide opportunity for more dialysis and therefore better control of the azotemic state and at less than
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Article and Author Information
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From the Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Wash.
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This study was supported by grant SD 62, the John A. Hartford Foundation, New York, N. Y., and grant AM 06741, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md. A portion of this work was conducted through the Clinical Research Center facility of the University of Washington, supported by grant 8M01 FR 37, National Institutes of Health.
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Dr. Barnett was supported in this work by Kidney Disease Training Grant TI AM 522, National Institutes of Health.
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- Received May 31, 1967.
- Accepted August 25, 1967.
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