| Theme | Multiple Organ Failure and Blood Purification Therapy | |
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| Title | Renal failure : Blood purification methods, membrane, and anti-coagulation methods | |
| Publish Date | 1999/09 | |
| Author | Masayuki Azuma | Blood Purification Center, Rokko Island Hospital |
| Author | Hidemune Naito | Blood Purification Center, Rokko Island Hospital |
| [ Summary ] | Recently, the blood purification methods have been used done in the emergency medical field and for intensive care. The disease which are the object of this treatment, are as follows, acute renal failure, lung disease, cardiac failure, acute pancreatitis, MOF etc. After making a selection of the anti-coagulation drugs to be used and choosing a blood purification membrane, with the correct characteristics, we should use them in a unified approach to treat acute patients in need of blood purification. The characteristics of anti-coagulation drugs and the characteristics of the blood purification membranes were described. |
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