Hemofiltration
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He m ofi Itrati on Edited by L. W. Henderson E. A. Quellhorst C.A.Baldamus M.J.Lysaght
With 121 Figures and 34 Tables
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg GmbH
Editors: Professor Or. med. Lee W. Henderson Associate Chief of Staff for Research, VA Medical Center and Univ. of California 3350 La Jolla Village Or., San Oiego, CA 92161, USA Professor Dr. med. Eduard A. Quellhorst Nephrologisches Zentrum Niedersachsen, - Nephrologie -, Vogelsang 105, D-3510 Hann. Miinden, West Germany
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Professor Or. med. Conrad A. Baldamus Medizinische Klinik I - Nephrologie -, Universităt zu Koln, Josef-Stelzmann-StraBe 9,0-5000 Koln 41, West Germany Michael J. Lysaght Director, Membrane Science, Travenol Laboratories, Round Lake, Illinois IL 60073, USA
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ISBN 978-3-642-69667-1 ISBN 978-3-642-69665-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-69665-7 Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data.
Hemofiltration. Bibliography: p.lncludes index. 1.Blood-Filtration.I.Henderson, L.W.(Lee W.),
1930-RC901.7.H47H46
1986
615'.39
86-6435
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Preface
This book had its genesis in the spring of 1981 in Parma, Italy, where workers in the field of hemofiltration had assembled for an international symposium and for the organizational meeting of the International Society of Hemofiltration. The common wisdom held that the time was ripe for a comprehensive and archival volume on the subject. Dr. Stanley Shaldon convened the present authors and suggested that they work as a team to provide the proper balance of investigative, c1inical, and scientific interests, as weil as an appropriate degree of geographical dispersion. The editors would like to thank the participating authors for the effort and scholarship underlying their contributions. It proved especially satisfying to assemble so many of the pioneers and champions of hemofiltration into one volume. Dr. Peter Kramer, one of the most prolific and innovative workers in this field, had agreed to prepare a chapter on continuous arteriovenous hemofiltration; his untimely death unfortunately precluded his participation. For most contributing authors, as weil as for the editors, hemofiltration represents not just a principal invest
