One Year's Experience with an Intermittent Dialysis Program
Authors: E. A. GOMBOS
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1964)

Article1 September 1964One Year's Experience with an Intermittent Dialysis ProgramE. A. GOMBOS, M.D., T. H. LEE, M.D., M. R. HARTON, M.D., J. W. CUMMINGS, PH.D.E. A. GOMBOS, M.D., T. H. LEE, M.D., M. R. HARTON, M.D., J. W. CUMMINGS, PH.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-61-3-462 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe feasibility of treatment of uremia in chronic irreversible renal disease by intermittent chronic peritoneal or hemodialysis is an established fact. Practicality of such an approach within the framework of the Veterans Administration is being explored, and in March, 1963, we initiated a pilot program for this purpose. Only four of five selected patients admitted to the program are described since one patient died shortly after initiation of intermittent dialysis when, during the night, he pulled his arteriovenous shunt apart and exsanguinated.SELECTION OF PATIENTSPatients have been accepted for treatment on a "first come, first served" basis, but we...References1. HEGSTROMMURRAYPENDRASBURNELLSCRIBNER RMJSJPJMBH: Hemodialysis in the treatment of chronic uremia. Trans. Amer. Soc. Artif. Intern. Organs 1: 136, 1961. Google Scholar2. MURRAYTUBURNELLALBERSSCRIBNER JSWHJMJBBH: A community hemodialysis center for the treatment of chronic uremia. Trans. Amer. Soc. Artif. Intern. Organs 8: 315, 1962. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. BARRYSHAMBAUGHGOLERMATTHEWS KGGEDFE: A new flexible cannula and seal to provide prolonged access to the peritoneal cavity for dialysis. Trans. Amer. Soc. Artif. Intern. Organs 9: 105, 1963. MedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: E. A. GOMBOS, M.D.; T. H. LEE, M.D.; M. R. HARTON, M.D.; J. W. CUMMINGS, PH.D.Affiliations: Washington, D. C.From the Renal Service, Veterans Administration Hospital, Washington, D. C., and the George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, D. C.Dr. Lee is Fellow in Renal Service, Department of Medicine, the George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, D. C.Dr. Harton is Resident in Renal Service, Veterans Administration Hospital, Washington, D. C.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Ervin A. Gombos, Chief, Section on Renal Diseases, Veterans Administration Hospital, 2650 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W., Washington, D. C. 20007. 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