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Table of Contents: November 2008
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Is bowel preparation before colonoscopy a risky business for the kidney?
Yeong-Hau H Lien
Acute phosphate nephropathy has emerged as an important complication of bowel preparation with oral sodium phosphate solution for colonoscopy. This Review outlines the presentation, risk factors and pathogenesis of this condition, and offers strategies for minimizing risk.
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A wearable artificial kidney: dream or reality?
Claudio Ronco, Andrew Davenport and Victor Gura
The idea of a wearable device to perform dialysis is not as far-fetched as it once was. Ronco et al. discuss the clinical, technical and socioeconomic reasons for continuing the push towards the wearable artificial kidney.
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Trends in the extracorporeal treatment of poisoned patients
William J Holubek, Robert S Hoffman, David S Goldfarb and Lewis S Nelson
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