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U Gessler

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Experiences with Redy-dialysis on a camper.

In April 1976 a dialysis camper with Redy-dialysis equipment was put into service by the Institute of Nephrology of the 4th Department for Internal Medicine of the City Hospital Nürnberg. In the following six years of service the bus was rented 40 times by 20 different home dialysis patients and was driven more than 100 000 km in Europe on 700 days. Two hundred and eighty haemodialyses with the Redy-system showed that this kind of dialysis during the holidays can be carried out without running a greater risk than with home dialysis itself. A home dialysis patient describes his own experiences with the 'Redy-bus'.

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[Water-, electrolyte- and acid-base equilibrium in the aged].

The functional capacity of the kidney decreases with advancing age. We not only find a reduced glomerular filtration rate but also disturbances in the functioning of the tubules which influence the capacity to dilute and concentrate the urine and the renal electrolyte excretion. In addition, the plasma-renin activity shows decreased response to stimulation; the aldosterone and vasopressin secretions are also decreased in old age. Disturbances of the water-, electrolyte and acid-base equilibrium often cause secondary renal failure. On the other hand, as the renal capacity is limited, renal disorders occurring in old age may lead to quicker decompensation.

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