Procurement Trends: Hemodialysis Units - October, 2017
October 1, 2017 | Procurement Trends
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Hemodialysis units are designed to remove large amounts of water, toxins, and wastes from the blood when kidney function subsides. Some hemodialysis machines can provide continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) which is useful in patients who cannot tolerate the rapid volume loss associated with intermittent therapy, in hemodynamically unstable patients in the intensive care unit, and in patients undergoing cardiac surgery. Our PricePaid database indicates that standard hemodialysis units have accounted for the...