Experimental evaluation of flow and dialysis performance of hollow-fiber dialyzers with different packing densities

Journal of Artificial Organs

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 168-175

  Hirano, Ayaka ^a   Kida, Shoko ^a   Yamamoto, Ken Ichiro ^a   Sakai, Kiyotaka ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dialysis performance; Dialyzer; Flow; Packing density

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; DIALYSIS FLUID; GLYCEROL; INDIAN INK; LYSOZYME; UREA;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL KIDNEY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DENSITY; FLOW KINETICS; FLOW RATE; HOLLOW FIBER DIALYZER; KIDNEY CLEARANCE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PACKING DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

DIALYSIS SOLUTIONS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 84864690447     PISSN: 14347229     EISSN: 16190904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10047-011-0620-6     Document Type: Article

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