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Showing result 6 - 10 of 36 swedish dissertations containing the word haemodialysis.

  2. 6. Please Be Patient : A Cultural Phenomenological Study of Haemodialysis and Kidney Transplantation Care

    Author : Martin Gunnarson; Fredrik Svenaeus; Susanne Lundin; Klaus Lindgaard Høyer; Södertörns högskola; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; haemodialysis; kidney transplantation; kidney failure; patienthood; culture; phenomenology; embodiment; medical practice; neoliberalism; Kritisk kulturteori; Critical and Cultural Theory; haemodialysis; kidney transplantation; kidney failure; patienthood; culture; phenomenology; embodiment; medical practice; neoliberalism;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the practice of haemodialysis and kidney transplantation, the two medical therapies available for persons with kidney failure, from a phenomenological perspective. A basic assumption made in the thesis is that contemporary biomedicine is deeply embedded in the cultural, historical, economic, and political circumstances provided by the particular local, national, and transnational contexts in which it is practiced. READ MORE

  4. 7. Living with haemodialysis close to death - patients' and close relatives' experiences

    Author : Lena Axelsson; Birgitta Klang; Stefan Jacobson; Sissel Andreassen Gleissman; Carina Lundh Hagelin; Britt-Marie Ternestedt; Sophiahemmet Högskola; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Close relative; Death; Dying; End of life; End-stage renal disease; haemodialysis; Palliative care; Phenomenological-hermeneutics; Qualitative content analysis; Retrospective interviews; Serial interviews; close relative;

    Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis is to generate  understanding and knowledge a bout the experiences of  patients living with haemodialysis, and their close relati ves, near the end of life. In studies I and II we  conducted a series of 31 qualitative interviews over a period of 12 months with 8 severely ill patients  (aged 66–87) treated with haemodialysis. READ MORE

  5. 8. Presence of microemboli during haemodialysis and methods to reduce the exposure to microbubbles

    Author : Forsberg Ulf; Bernd Stegmayr; Per Jonsson; Ingela Fehrman Ekholm; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Haemodialysis; in vivo; microemboli; microbubbles; dialyzer; air trap; venous chamber;

    Abstract : Despite chronic dialysis treatment, patients with end stage renal disease undergoing maintenance haemodialysis (HD) remain at a substantially increased risk of morbidity. Previous reports using Doppler ultrasound (DU) during HD have revealed microembolic signals (ME) in the venous circulation. READ MORE

  6. 9. Clinical aspects of Arteriovenous fistula use in a haemodialysis population. Results based on retrospective and internventional studies

    Author : Anna Wärme; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Haemodialysis; AV Fistula; Far infrared; Erythropoietin;

    Abstract : When a patient suffers from end stage renal disease, the vascular access becomes the lifeline to perform regular haemodialysis (HD) treatment. The recommended first choice is the surgically created native Arteriovenous Fistula (AVF). The AVF is exposed for repeated needling when connecting the dialysis machine several times a week. READ MORE

  7. 10. Monitoring principles for haemodialysis

    Author : Roger Andersson; Olof Lindahl; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

    Abstract : This thesis deals with non-invasive monitoring techniques for haemodialysis. Three applications in particular have been investigated: Blood pressure measurements in the extra corporal circuit, the relationship between UV measurements and dialysate urea concentration and photoplethysmography (PPG) in haemodialysis patients. READ MORE