Extended Reuse of Polysulfone Hemodialysis Membranes Using Citric Acid and Heat

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 98-101

  Tonelli, Marcello ^a   Dymond, Clayton ^b   Gourishankar, Sita ^a   Jindal, Kailash K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; MEMBRANES; PATIENT MONITORING; POLYSULFONES; RISKS; UREA;

POLYSULFONE HEMODIALYSIS MEMBRANES;

HEMODIALYZERS;

ALBUMIN; BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; CITRIC ACID; CREATININE; POLYSULFONE; UREA;

ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DIALYSIS MEMBRANE; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMAN; MALE; PROCESSING; RECYCLING; REUSE; SAFETY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; BETA 2-MICROGLOBULIN; CITRIC ACID; CREATININE; EQUIPMENT REUSE; HEAT; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; POLYMERS; RENAL DIALYSIS; SERUM ALBUMIN; SULFONES; TIME FACTORS; UREA;

EID: 0347951263     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.MAT.0000104826.70073.2F     Document Type: Article

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