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Following Kolff’s invention of a practical hemodialysis system in 1943 (1) and Scribner’s demonstration in 1960 that repetitive hemodialyses could extend the life of uremic patients indefinitely (2), the long-term approach to uremia was altered dramatically. In the United States in mid 1977 more than 36,000 patients are sustained by regular hemodialyses at a cost in excess of $650,000,000. per year. For those patients who lack a donor or are either unsuitable or undesirous of a renal transplant, intermittent use of a hemodialyzer is a necessary and limiting fact of life.
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Friedman, E.A., Hutchisson, J.T., Galonsky, R.S., Hessert, R.L. (1978). Devising a Practical Suitcase Hemodialyzer. In: Chang, T.M.S. (eds) Artificial Kidney, Artificial Liver, and Artificial Cells. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-2478-2_5
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