Essays about: "dialysis"

Showing result 31 - 35 of 56 essays containing the word dialysis.

  1. 31. Speed control of a peristaltic blood pump

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för reglerteknik

    Author : Gabriel Ingesson; Helena Sandberg; [2013]
    Keywords : Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Hemodialysis is today the main treatment used for patients with renal impairment, a serious medical condition. Hemodialysis treatment handles a very delicate system which is why it is of the utmost importance that the dialysis machine has got a reliable safety monitoring system that can detect severe complications during treatment. READ MORE

  3. 32. Simulating Dialysis : Concept Evaluation of a PC Training Simulator for Nurses

    University essay from Avdelningen för visuell information och interaktion

    Author : Malin Holm; [2013]
    Keywords : Training Simulator; Dialysis; Hemodialysis; Nurses; Computer Simulator; PC Simulator; Simulator; Usability;

    Abstract : Nurses at a haemodialysis clinic are required to handle complex technological equipment in a stressful environment, with the patients’ lives at risk. A training needs analysis (TNA) that was made at Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge in 2010 identifies the nurses’ need to practice alarm situations in the safe environment of a computer-based training simulator. READ MORE

  4. 33. HOME DIALYSIS : HOW COULD THE DIALYSIS TREATMENT BE OPTIMIZED IN ORDER TO MINIMIZE THE AFFECT TO THE PATIENTS LIVES?

    University essay from Institutionen Designhögskolan

    Author : Joakim Bergbom; [2013]
    Keywords : hemo dialys;

    Abstract : 2006 my mother had to start her dialysis treatment due to renal failure caused by a congenital defect on her kidneys. With this mandatory readjustment to her life she accepted all changes that were made. READ MORE

  5. 34. Measuring pharmacokinetic properties of established and potential PET-tracers

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Kemiska institutionen

    Author : Lasse Kofoed Bech; [2012]
    Keywords : HPLC; equilibrium dialysis; Analytisk kemi; Lipophilicity; shake-flask; plasma protein binding; ultracentrifugation.; Chemistry;

    Abstract : Measuring pharmacokinetic properties is notoriously difficult. The invitro/ex vivo laboratory experiments seek to mimic the physiological responses of the body to the drug, but it rarely gives a good estimate of what happens in vivo. READ MORE

  6. 35. Purification and characterisation of xylooligosaccharides (XOS) from wheat-based dried distillers grains with solubles

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Kemiska institutionen

    Author : Kourosh Hooshmand; [2012]
    Keywords : biokemi; Chemistry;

    Abstract : The aim of this project was to purify xylan which is the major hemicellulose in wheat bran from dried distiller’s grains with solubles (DDGS). DDGS is a by-product from the fuel ethanol industry which uses wheat grain as a raw material. The wheat grain is used for the fermentation of starch to produce ethanol in the presence of yeast. READ MORE