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ANNA at 40 years: history of nephrology and the American Nephrology Nurses' Association: a timeline.

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History of Nephrology and the



American Nephrology Nurses' Association: A Timeline History of Nephrology 1827-1968 Richard Bright established the relationship 1827 between the symptoms and pathology of renal failure Thomas Graham first described osmotic force 1854 Thomas Graham first described the process of 1861 dialysis using a hoop form dialyzer Wegman conducted experiments using 1877 peritoneal lavage in animals Ullmann performed an autotransplant of a 1902 canine kidney Abel, Roundtree, and Turner demonstrated that 1914 dialysis could be used to remove salicylic acid from the blood of rabbits Gantner used peritoneal lavage to treat uremia in 1923 animals First dialysis procedure performed on a human 1924 (George Haas) Gantner used peritoneal lavage to treat humans 1927 Kidney transplantation first reported as a treatment 1933 for acute renal failure (unsuccessful) Kolff used invitro dialysis to remove urea from 1938 blood Kolff and Berk treated the first patient using the 1943 rotating drum dialyzer First patient treated with an artificial kidney 1945 recovered from ARF Coil dialyzers invented by George Murray 1946 (Canada) and Nils Alwall (Sweden) First dialysis procedure in the United States 1948 performed at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York on 1/26/48 Kolff-Brigham dialysis machine used in the 1948 Korean War for acute renal failure Mr. and Mrs. Harry DeBold called the first meeting 1950 of the Committee for Nephrosis Research, which would become NKF First published article by nurse and physician 1952 describing the artificial kidney (in AJN by Barbara Coleman-Wysocki and John Merrill) Dr. Paul Teschan established the Renal 1952 Insufficiency Center at the 11th Evacuation Hospital in Wonju, Korea with one artificial kidney to treat soldiers with ARF Merrill, Murray, and Hume performed the first 1954 successful living-related transplant between identical twins at Peter Bent Brigham The twin coil dialyzer invented by Watschinger 1955 and Kolff American Society for Artificial Internal Organs 1955 (ASAIO) established Graham's and Kolff's artificial kidney system 1956 made available for sale on 10/30/56. The machine cost $1,000 and the disposable artificial kidneys cost $53 each. Dausett, Payne, Amos, et al. identified the 1957 Human Leucocyte Antigen (HLA) Sterile peritoneal dialysis fluid became available 1959 commercially Murray performed the first successful 1959 nonidentical twin transplants Kiil dialyzer invented 1960 AV shunt developed by Scribner and Quinton 1960 First long-term dialysis patients began dialysis 1960 (Clyde Sheilds and Harvey Gentry in Seattle) Steroids used in kidney transplantation 1960 Home dialysis first described in Japan by Nose 1961 using a washing machine Azathioprine (Imuran) first available for human...

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