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Kidneys: Astonishingly unnoticeable
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Why experiments generally win
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My second first breath
Read MoreThe call came on the morning of December 31, 2015. At this time, Klaus-Dieter Maas living in the Eifel region in Germany was 30 years old. The doctors had given him a maximum of twelve months to live. Still, up until this point there had been nothing unusual about this day: he was in hospital - as he so often was. The antibiotics were not working - as they so often did. His lungs were severely affected - as it had been the case for a long time now. When his mobile phone rang, it was 9.00 am. Klaus looked at the display. He didn’t recognize the number. Was this the phone call he’d been waiting for the past eight months? As he answered a voice said, "Mr. Maas, we have a lung for you. Are you ready?"
About B. Braun in Asia Pacific
Therapies & Indications
- Abdominal Surgery
- Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
- Continence Care & Urology
- Degenerative Spinal Disorders
- Diabetes Care
- Extracorporeal Blood Treatment
- Infection Prevention
- Infusion Therapy
- Interventional Vascular Therapy
- Neurosurgery
- Nutrition Therapy
- Orthopaedic Joint Replacement
- Ostomy Care
- Pain Therapy
- Sterile Goods Management
- Wound Management