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Abstract
Shapiro WB, Porush JG. "Shipboard dialysis," Journal of
Dialysis, 1977, 1:8,
825-9
With better understanding of
the pathophysiology of uremia,
the development of more efficient dialysis techniques and more portable
machinery, a larger number of patients on maintenance dialysis are not
stable enough to undertake travel to places where a regular
hemodialysis center may not be availabel or to travel on a ship for a
relatively long period of time. Ten stable patients were taken on a 7
day cruise utilizing the relatively lightweight and portable REDY
Dialysis System. The medical team consisted of 2 nurses, 2 technicians
and 1 physician. The ship's infirmary was converted to a 4 bed
hemodialysis unit. Complications were minimal and easily handled by the
medical staff.
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