Technical evaluation of dialysate flow in a newly designed dialyzer

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 36-40

  Yamamoto, Ken Ichiro ^a   Matsukawa, Hiroaki ^a   Yakushiji, Taiji ^b   Fukuda, Makoto ^b   Hiyoshi, Tatsuo ^c   Sakai, Kiyotaka ^a,d  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIMEJI DOKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Asahi Kasei Medical Co   (Japan)

^d NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FILTRATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; VITAMINS;

DIALYSATE CHANNELING; DIALYSATE FLOW; DIALYSATE PRESSURE; MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENT;

HEMODIALYZERS;

CYANOCOBALAMIN; UREA;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL KIDNEY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLEARANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSATE; FILTRATION; FLOW RATE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; PRESSURE; RENAL DIALYSIS; RHEOLOGY; UREA; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 33846447852     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mat.0000245525.83936.79     Document Type: Article

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