There are currently more than 5,700 dialysis centers providing service to approximately 400,000 dialysis patients in the United States. FMC, the largest dialysis services and products company in the U.S. and the world, not only owns thousands of dialysis clinics, it also manufactures nearly all the medical products used in dialysis care...
FMC conducted a case-control study that evaluated risk factors in hemodialysis patients who suffered from cardiopulmonary arrest in FMC facilities compared to other dialysis patients within the same facilities between January 1 and December 31, 2010. This study identified 941 patients in 667 FMC facilities who had cardiopulmonary (CP) arrests within the facilities. Looking at the data for these 941 patients, the study found that the patients' risk of cardiopulmonary arrest was up to six times higher if they had an elevated pre-dialysis bicarbonate level.
Also known as: Fresenius Medical Care, non-FMC