Pedrini, Luciano A.
Comelli, Mario
Ruggiero, Pio
Feliciani, Annalisa
Manfrini, Vania
Cozzi, Giorgio
Castellano, Angelo
Pezzotta, Mauro
Gatti, Guido
Arazzi, Marta
Auriemma, Laura
di Benedetto, Attilio
Stuard, Stefano
Article History
Received: 18 October 2019
Accepted: 31 January 2020
First Online: 8 February 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: LAP has a consultancy agreement with NephroCare, Italy, as Medical Director of the Unit of Nephrology and Dialysis of the Bolognini Hospital, Seriate, managed by NephroCare in the frame of a public–private participation with the Azienda Socio Sanitaria territoriale (ASST) Bergamo-Est, Italy. ADB, AF, VM, AC,MP, GG, MA are Nephrologists employees of NephroCare, Italy. SS is employee of Fresenius Medical Care, Germany. LAP is the patent holder “'The present invention refers to a method for blood purification by means of hemodialysis and/or hemofiltration, wherein to the blood in the extra-corporeal circuit of the hemodialysis and/or hemofiltration device a substitution solution is added upstream as well as downstream of the hemodialyser and/or hemofilter.” Documented at the following link: ExternalRef removed.
: The study was conducted in accordance with the basic principles of the Declaration of Helsinki and the rules of Good Clinical Practice and the protocol was approved by the local Ethic Committee.