Arteriovenous Hemofiltration A Kidney Replacement Therapy for the In
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Prof. Dr. med. Peter Kramer Georg-August Universitat Gottingen Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik Robert-Koch-StraBe 40 D-3400 Gottingen, FRG
ISBN-13:978-3-540-15317-7 e-ISBN-13:978-3-642-70370-6 DOl: 10.1007/978-3-642-70370-6 Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data. Arterio-venous hemofiltration. English. Arteriovenous hemofiltration. Translation of: Arterio-venose Hiimofiltration. I. Artificial kidney. 2. Hemodialysis. 3. Blood-Filtration. I. Kramer, Peter, 1938-1984. II. Title. [DNLM: I. Blood. 2. Kidney, Artificial. 3. Ultrafiltration. WJ 378 A7865a) RC901.7.A7A6913 1985 617'.461 85-12657 ISBN-13:978-3-540-15317-7 (U.S.) This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically those of translation, reprinting, re-use of illustrations, broadcasting, reproduction by photocopying machine or similar means, and storage in data banks. Under § 54 of the German Copyright Law, where copies are made for other than private use, a fee is payable to "Verwertungsgesellschaft Wort", Munich.
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Peter Kramer April 8., 1938
October 7., 1984
Just in the middle of preparing and organizing the English edition of this book Peter Kramer died unexpectedly on October 7., 1984. Peter Kramer was born on April 8., 1938 in Modling near Vienna. He studied medicine in Innsbruck, Freiburg, and Gottingen where he took his doctor's degree in 1964 with experimental investigations on early hypertension. After a one and a half years Rotating Internship at the Middlesex General Hospital, New Brunswick, N.J., USA, he passed a theoretical scientific education at the Division of Physiology of the Max-Planck-Institute for Experimental Medicine in Gottingen, and in 1968 he joined the Division of Nephrology in the Department of Internal Medicine of the University of Gottingen. 1978 he was nominated professor of medicine. Peter Kramer's far-reaching scientific interests included all the manifold problems of clinical and theoretical nephrology, he was enthusiastic about the technical aspects of dialysis as well as about intricate questions of clinical pharmacology. The results of his comprehensive studies on the pharmacokinetics of cardiac glycosides in chronic renal failure have proved to be essential for the treatment of the uremic patient. From the very start in the Division of Nephrology in Gottin
