Hemodialysis for Chronic Renal Failure

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Abstract
It has been demonstrated that hemodialysis can sustain life for as long as several years despite complete anuria (1-4) and for a few months after bilateral nephrectomy prior to renal transplantation (5-6). The enthusiasm for dialysis has even promoted the concept that in this setting it is adequate therapy rather than an experimental procedure. We consider dialysis for chronic renal failure a procedure that is still in the investigational stage and from which much biochemical information may yet be obtained. For the past 5 years we have employed periodic hemodialysis for 11 patients with chronic renal failure. All subjects were

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