1940s: Discovering AKI
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- War leads to focus on AKI
- Crush syndrome Bywaters 1941
- Bull 1949 after Borst 1948 on diet for AKI
- Experiments with dialysis. The first successful clinical haemodialysis famously in the most unlikely location of Kampen in the occupied Netherlands of World War 2. Kolff sent his kidney machines to several overseas units, including one in London. And at the same time, a home-grown UK dialysis experiment was being undertaken in Southern England. But both of these experiments were short-lived.
Last Updated on August 3, 2022 by neilturn