Repeated Dialysis of Indigent Patients for Chronic Renal Failure
Authors: J. WALDEN RETAN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1966)

Article1 February 1966Repeated Dialysis of Indigent Patients for Chronic Renal FailureJ. WALDEN RETAN, M.D., HARVEY Y. LEWIS, M.D.J. WALDEN RETAN, M.D., HARVEY Y. LEWIS, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-64-2-284 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptMost of the favorable experience with repeated hemodialysis in the treatment of chronic uremia has come from but a few major medical centers. In general these successful programs have been well financed and well staffed. The patients have been selected by conscious or unconscious criteria that tend to favor their success. Cannula care and diet control have been vigorously regulated. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Detroit, MichiganFrom the Departments of Medicine and Urologic Surgery, Detroit Receiving Hospital and Wayne State University College of Medicine, Detroit, Mich.Requests for reprints should be addressed to J. Walden Retan, M.D., Department of Medicine, University of Alabama Medical Center, 1919 7th Ave. South, Birmingham, Ala. 35233. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited BySuicide Risk in Dialysis: Review of Current LiteratureAssessment of factors that contribute to decreased quality of life in Gynecologic Oncology Group ovarian cancer trialsQuality of Life and Depression in CKD: Improving Hope and HealthLaudatio: Dr. Belding H. 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