Artificial Kidney, Artificial Liver, and Artificial Cells

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Address of Welcome....Pages 1-1
Introduction....Pages 3-8
Front Matter....Pages 9-9
The Present Status and Perspectives of Hemodialysis....Pages 11-21
Current Status of Dialysate Regeneration for the Treatment of Chronic Uremia....Pages 23-32
Devising a Practical Suitcase Hemodialyzer....Pages 33-38
Present Status of Hemofiltration....Pages 39-46
Oxystarch and other Polyaldehydes: The Present Status in the Treatment of Uremia....Pages 47-54
Front Matter....Pages 55-55
Artificial Cells for Artificial Kidney, Artificial Liver and Detoxification....Pages 57-77
Clinical Experience of Bead-Shaped Charcoal Haemoperfusion in Chronic Renal Failure and Fulminant Hepatic Failure....Pages 79-88
Hepatic Assist System Using Bead-Type Charcoal....Pages 89-98
Extracorporeal Immunoadsorbents for Specific Extraction of Circulating Immune Reactants....Pages 99-106
Evaluation of Charcoal Hemoperfusion in Uremia....Pages 107-116
Charcoal Hemoperfusion: Georgetown University Hospital Experience....Pages 117-123
Treatment of Fulminant Hepatic Failure by Charcoal Haemoperfusion and Polyacrilonitrile Haemodialysis....Pages 125-134
Use of Activated Absorbent Haemoperfusion in Acute Intoxication....Pages 135-142
Clinical Experience with Cellulose-Coated Carbon Hemoperfusion....Pages 143-151
Hemoperfusion and Removal of Endogenous Uremic Middle Molecules....Pages 153-164
Charcoal Hemoperfusion in Mushroom Poisoning: Amanita Phalloides....Pages 165-172
Biocompatibility Studies of Hemoperfusion Systems for Liver and Kidney Support....Pages 173-182
Front Matter....Pages 183-183
The use of Membranes and Sorbents for Blood Detoxification: Cuprophan Sorbent Membranes....Pages 185-192
Front Matter....Pages 183-183
Combination of Hemodialysis and Hemoperfusion in a Single Hollow-Fiber Unit for Treatment of Uremia....Pages 193-197
The B-D Hemodetoxifier: Particulate Release and its Significance....Pages 199-207
Fixed-Bed Charcoal Hemoperfusion in the Treatment of Drug Overdose and Chronic Renal Failure....Pages 209-215
Experience with Resin Hemoperfusion....Pages 217-224
Strathclyde Approach Towards Artificial Kidney, Artificial Liver and Detoxification....Pages 225-235
Front Matter....Pages 237-237
Assessments of Two Rat Models of Fulminant Hepatic Failure for Testing Artificial Liver Devices....Pages 239-243
Use of Albumin-Cellulose Nitrate Microencapsulated Charcoal Hemoperfusion: in Acute Digoxin Toxicity in Dogs....Pages 245-247
Conversion of Urea and Ammonia to Amino Acid Using Sequential Enzymatic Reaction with Microencapsulated Multi-Enzyme Systems....Pages 249-254
Microencapsulated Charcoal Hemoperfusion for Galactosemia....Pages 255-257
The Filtration of Plasma from Whole Blood: A Novel Approach to Clinical Detoxification....Pages 259-266
Ionsiv F-80 and Ionsiv W-85: Molecular Sieve Zeolite NH 4 + Ion Exchangers for Removal of Urea Nitrogen....Pages 267-274
Front Matter....Pages 275-275
Chronic Renal Failure and Future Approaches....Pages 277-280
Status of Artificial Liver Support: 1977....Pages 281-291
Treatment of Acute Intoxication....Pages 293-295
Interrelation of Hemoperfusion, Plasma Clearance and Half Life....Pages 297-300
General Discussion....Pages 301-304
Back Matter....Pages 305-316