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Few universally fatal diseases have benefited from therapy to the extent that irreversible uremia has responded to maintenance hemodialysis and renal transplantation. Before 1960, when Scribner and co-workers devised a regimen for repetitive hemodialysis1 every chronic uremic patient with the exception of monozygotic twin kidney recipients had no hope of living more than a few weeks once residual renal function fell below a creatinine clearance of 2 ml/min. In 1980, a choice of three effective therapies, each capable of prolonging useful life for years, are available to preempt death in renal failure (Figure 1).
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- Peritoneal Dialysis
- Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis
- Uremic Patient
- Maintenance Hemodialysis
- Residual Renal Function
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Friedman, E.A. (1981). Uremia Therapy. In: Levy, N.B. (eds) Psychonephrology 1. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0357-0_1
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