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06-09-2011, 08:10 AM	#1
casperslee Junior Member (male) Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 12	Needles BIG why? Why do the needles for dialysis have to be so big,.. they started me out on a smaller guage, but want to go to a larger guage? thanks, brent

06-09-2011, 01:00 PM	#2
Cora1003 Senior Veteran (female) Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 2,561	Re: Needles BIG why? I think the needles are so large because of the volume of the fluid that they need to process. Smaller needles means less fluid and less processing of the blood. __________________ Cora Dxd T1 1966, 2001 dialysis, 2002 kidney transplant, 2003 insulin pump, 2008 pancreas transplant

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