For patients, a last throw of the dice The first human transplants were heroic operations undertaken at a time when dialysis was not a lon...
Showing posts with label UK. Show all posts
Showing posts with label UK. Show all posts
1961: threshold of the new nephrology
A symposium in Edinburgh on 25th March 1961 was one of the first in the UK to consider the full new range of clinical nephrology. Twin coil ...
The renal data revolution from 1980
Renal units pioneer electronic records In the UK through the 1970s and 1980s renal units found themselves responsible for increasing number...
Hepatitis outbreaks run through renal units: 1964-72
Staff as well as patients die, and new patients are turned down in affected centres From about 1964 there was increasing excitement that dia...
Dialysis for endstage renal failure in the UK
Good news travels quickly In September 1960 Scribner recounted his first 6 months experience of dialysis via the new AV shunt at the first ...
Dialysis in the UK in 1959
50 years ago dialysis suddenly caught on in the UK In 1958 there were only 3 renal units operating in the UK, at Leeds, Hammersmith, and RAF...
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