Post-traumatic renal insufficiency in military casualties: II. Management, use of an artificial kidney, prognosis
LH Smith Jr, RS Post, PE Teschan… - The American Journal of …, 1955 - Elsevier
1. The management of fifty-one patients with post-traumatic renal insufficiency included fluid
restriction, attempts to maintain caloric intake, use of cation exchange resins, the treatment
of anemia and electrolyte disturbances and the use of a Brigham-Kolff artificial kidney.
Interval surgical care of these patients was of great importance not only because of the
severity of their wounds but particularly because of the necessity for removing necrotic and
infected tissue in patients with renal failure. 2. 2. Dialysis with the artificial kidney was carried …
restriction, attempts to maintain caloric intake, use of cation exchange resins, the treatment
of anemia and electrolyte disturbances and the use of a Brigham-Kolff artificial kidney.
Interval surgical care of these patients was of great importance not only because of the
severity of their wounds but particularly because of the necessity for removing necrotic and
infected tissue in patients with renal failure. 2. 2. Dialysis with the artificial kidney was carried …