First Clinical Experience with the Artificial Kidney
Authors: WILLEM J. KOLFF
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1965)

Medical History1 March 1965First Clinical Experience with the Artificial KidneyWILLEM J. KOLFF, M.D.WILLEM J. KOLFF, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-62-3-608 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptAs the youngest volunteer assistant in the Department of Medicine at the University of Gronigen in The Netherlands I had the care of four beds, or rather of the patients that were in them. One of my first patients was a young man suffering from chronic nephritis and slowly dying of renal failure. He was hypertensive, had headaches, became blind, and was vomiting every day. His old mother was the wife of a poor farmer, her back bent by hard work, dressed in her traditional Sunday black dress, but with a very pretty white lace cap. I had to tell...References1. KOLFF WJ: De Kunstmatige Nier. J. H. Kok, Kempen, The Netherlands, 1946, 200 pages. Google Scholar2. KOLFF WJ: New Ways of Treating Uraemia. J. & A. Churchill, Ltd., London, 1947, 112 pages. Google Scholar3. KOLFFBERK WJHJ: De kunstmatige nier: een dialysator met groot oppervlak. Geneesk. Gids. 21: No. 7, 1943; Nederl. T. Geneesk. 87: No. 46/47, 1943. Google Scholar4. KOLFFBERK WJHJ: The artificial kidney: a dialyser with a great area. Acta Med. Scand. 117: Fasc. II, 1944. Google Scholar5. KOLFF WJ: Artificial kidney. Cleveland Clin. Quart. 17: No. 4, 1952. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Cleveland, OhioFrom the Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Willem J. Kolff, M.D., Cleveland Clinic, 2020 East 93rd St., Cleveland, Ohio 44106. 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