The report “Global and China Hemodialysis Industry Report‚ 2013-2016″ by Research in China is now available at chinamarketresearchreports.com. Hemodialysis‚ also known as artificial kidney‚ is a type of blood purification technology‚ primarily applicable to the treatment of patients with rental failure. In 2013‚ the global number of patients receiving dialysis continued to grow to 2.519 million. The new patients mainly come from Asia Pacific region (excluding Japan)‚ whereas for Europe‚ America
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resulted in the invention of a shunt by Dr. Belding Scribner‚ which is a tube permanently attached to one vein and one artery and allowed for the continuous blood flow. Now with the two inventions put together‚ the doctors had created an artificial kidney that could save many lives. However‚ this amazing breakthrough led to issue: the scarcity of these machines. Because there was very few of them available to patients‚ doctors had to come up with a way to decide which patients got dialysis and which
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due to man’s kidney transplant”‚ which was published in Shanghai daily on March 17‚ 2011(China.org.cn) is an example of an ethical dilemma situation. The incident narrated was at a hospital in China. A 35 year old man is diagnosed with kidney failure due to uremia. In his family‚ the patient is the main earning member in the family. It consists of an old father and a mother who has cancer and three other brothers. Thus he had to give up his job for the treatment of his kidney problem. At that
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serves on the advisory committee of the Center for Mental Health Services of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. After being diagnosed in 2004 with chronic renal failure‚ Virginia Postrel‚ a friend and also a writer donated a kidney to Satel on March 4‚ 2006. Satel adopts an unbiased tone in order to appeal to the emotional feelings of the People of United States by carefully outlining reasons to back her argument most of which were personal experiences. Her argument appeared
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January 22‚ 2014 Eng 102 Black Market Organ Donors Today‚ due to poor health‚ there are several patients who need new organs from people‚ specifically kidneys. People who have the same blood type as the patient: type A‚ B‚ AB‚ or O‚ can donate an organ under their free will. Unfortunately not many people want to do this out of the kindness of their hearts‚ so there is a black market out there for organ donors and patients. On the whole‚ the black market for organ donating should be left alone
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living donors. A lady named Cindy Stambach needed a kidney once her own kidney failed after chemotherapy to treat ovarian cancer. A total stranger named Rick Gardner‚ who is a nurse at Franciscan Skemp in Stoddard Wisconsin‚ decided to give up one of his kidneys to her. Rick stated that he had seen so many people waiting for a transplant and that he wanted once less person to have to wait for a kidney. Cindy Stambach received Rick Gardner’s kidney 20 months ago. The operation took place at Mayo Clinic
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Renal Dialysis of Lakeside Hospital Approximately twenty years ago‚ at Dr. Newell’s initiative‚ Lakeside Hospital had opened the dialysis unit‚ largely in response to the growing number of patients with chronic kidney disease. The most common treatment for end-stage renal disease was hemodialysis. Since more and more independent dialysis centers were modern‚ attractively designed‚ and could offer psychological advantages to patients‚ they became Lakeside Hospital’s strong competitors. Furthermore
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Kidneys play a vital role for the human body. The kidneys act as a filter‚ as they control chemicals that are introduced to the body and regulate the urine that will be excreted. “The kidneys must filter all blood‚ remove waste products‚ reabsorb selected substances needed by the body‚ and secrete what is not needed by the body in the form of urine” (Linn-Watson‚2014). The urinary system consists of two kidneys‚ each of which is connected to the bladder by a ureter. The urine flows from the kidneys
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keeping the blood glucose at set point. Picture 1 ( http://www.bio.miami.edu/~cmallery/150/physiol/c45x10glu-homeostasis.jpg) In the homeostatic system many organs have specific roles. The kidney as several roles as a homeostatic organ‚ one of the roles is the regulation of blood PH ‘the kidney excrete a variable amount of hydrogen ions into the urine and conserve bicarbonate ions’ (Principles of human anatomy) as these two activities help regulate the blood PH level. The urogenital system
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biotech company in America. What differentiates Genzyme from its competition is that it uses living organisms or their products to generate drugs‚ rather than chemicals. Genzyme made its name in the industry with Ceradase‚ a treatment for Gaucher’s disease. This drug was approved for sale in March of 1991 and had a market of 3000 people. Two years later a recombinant form of Ceradase was released and the company began to enter new markets
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