Kidney Dialysis: Challenges and Opportunities

Dear Colleagues,

Globally, we are facing a dramatic ecologic disaster caused by man. Healthcare is an important part of this problem. Nephrology care, especially dialysis, creates an excessive burden via water and energy consumption, greenhouse gas emission, and waste production. In this Special Issue, potential solutions related to the prevention of kidney disease, kidney transplantation, and green dialysis for both Western as well as non-Western countries will be discussed. For dialysis, suggestions include lowering water consumption, implementing energy-neutral policies, waste triage, and recycling of materials. Proposals such as dialysate regeneration, dialysate flow reduction, water distillation systems for dialysate production, heat pumps for unit climatization, heat exchangers for dialysate warming, biodegradable and bio-based polymers, alternative power sources, repurposing of plastic waste (e.g., incorporation in concrete), registration systems of ecologic burden, and platforms to exchange ecologic best practices are addressed. Submissions for this Special Issue could relate but are not limited to the above-mentioned topics.

Dr. Ellen K. Hoogeveen
Dr. Casper F. M. Franssen
Guest Editors

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• circular dialysis concept
• ecology
• environment
• green nephrology
• waste control