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Article: Fish Oil Reduces Clotting in Dialysis.(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- USA TODAY
- Article date:
- October 1, 2000
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Fish oil supplements dramatically can reduce clotting, a common and serious complication for patients with kidney failure who rely on dialysis treatments, notes Paul Schmitz, associate professor of internal medicine in the Division of Nephrology, Saint Louis (Mo.) University School of Medicine. More than 400,000 Americans receive ongoing dialysis, at an annual cost of over $6,000,000,000. Dialysis patients often have artificial vascular grafts constructed to allow easy access to their blood, but more than 50% suffer thrombosis (clotting) of the grafting within two years of placement. Thrombosis is the most common reason for hospitalization of dialysis patients.
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