title: The current status and future of the artificial kidney.
abstract: The use of the artificial kidney can presently be extended to almost all patients with end-stage renal failure. To reduce the cost of treatment, technological choices have to be made. These are always a compromise between cost and adequacy. The liberty obtained by technical improvements to perform a dialysis "à la carte," depending on patient and doctor wishes, is one of the main characteristics of the present status of hemodialysis.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001166:Arteriovenous Shunt, Surgical; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D004209:Disposable Equipment / Q000191:economics; D005060:Europe; D006437:Hemodialysis, Home / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007688:Kidneys, Artificial / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends*; D008875:Middle Aged; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends; D014481:United States; D014881:Water Supply / Q000592:standards