| Theme | The Choice of Blood Purification for the Patients with Renal Failure | |
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| Title | Strategies for blood purification in maintenance hemodialysis patients, with various infections | |
| Publish Date | 2000/01 | |
| Author | Hisanori Washimine | The Second Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University, School of Medicine |
| Author | Masanobu Miyazaki | The Second Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University, School of Medicine |
| Author | Yoshiyuki Ozono | The Second Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University, School of Medicine |
| Author | Shigeru Kohno | The Second Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University, School of Medicine |
| Author | Takashi Harada | Renal Care Unit, Nagasaki University, School of Medicine |
| [ Summary ] | Those patients receiving maintenance hemodialysis may readily be susceptible to various infections and often need treatment for such infections, because they are immunocompromised, due to immune deficiencies. Recently, special renal replacement therapies such as HDF, CHDF, HF and endotoxin removal therapy have been used for hemodialysis patients with severe infections. However, most hemodialysis institutions have major problems with nosocomial infections, such as TB, MRSA, hepatic virues and HV. Therefore, preventative measures for other hemodialysis patients, against these infections, are most important in management of blood purification for maintenance hemodialysis patients with such infections. |
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