Word: kidneys
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DIED. Robert Nathan, 91, author of more than 50 volumes of romantic poetry and wry, whimsical prose, including the novels The Bishop's Wife (1928) and Portrait of Jennie (1940), both of which were later made into successful films; of kidney failure; in Los Angeles...
Even before his implant surgery, Burcham had been experiencing kidney failure, a common complication of advanced heart disease. The stress of the back-to-back operations and the need for multiple transfusions aggravated the problem, and twice last week Burcham had to undergo dialysis. It was during the second treatment on Wednesday afternoon that a nurse, listening to Burcham's chest with a stethoscope, noticed that his breathing was labored in the left lung. X rays showed that a large amount of fluid had collected in his chest. Doctors later learned that the fluid was blood that had congealed into...
...weaned from a respirator. At the Louisville conference, DeVries for the first time publicly presented his most recent findings on the array of complications associated with the artificial heart. All four American recipients of the Jarvik-7, he noted, had developed a serious kidney condition, known as acute tubular necrosis, which generally started within four days of surgery and lasted up to two weeks. For reasons that remain obscure, all four experienced impairment of their immune systems in the weeks following surgery, and all suffered from some form of infection, ranging from urinary-tract problems to pneumonia. Experience with...
DIED. William Haddon Jr., 58, auto-safety crusader who from 1966 to 1969 led the several Government precursors of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; of kidney failure; in Washington, D.C. A physician, he applied quantitative research and analysis techniques to highway accidents and deaths, especially those related to alcohol. As national traffic-safety head, he concentrated on federal standards for safe auto design and tougher local ( and state drunk-driving laws. After 1969, as president of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, he pushed for mandatory air bags in new cars, calling the auto industry's resistance to them...
Haydon meanwhile was "recovering very nicely," according to DeVries, though suffering from a mild kidney problem and continued weakness from loss of weight. Without the implant, "he wouldn't be here today," said Juanita Haydon. "Every day is precious...