[Computer-assisted information processing in nephrology exemplified by the Nephrology/Dialysis Data System (DSND). 1]

In nephrology in the GDR there are three data processing systems on 16-bit basis either in preparation or in use. 1. Data system nephrology - outpatient service 2. Individual dialysis/urea kinetics 3. Data system nephrology/dialysis (DSND). The latter system was developed in Schwerin and is available to all dialysis units. Data administration of constant patient groups and for complicated documentation methods can be rationalized by enlisting computer technology. This is also true for organisation and scientific studies, especially in cases where more than 50 dialysis patients are concerned. DSND offers a variable menue, which is prepared in dialogue and reveals over screen or printer clinical, dialysis-specific or Labdata and contains testprogrammes, warning and results. The requirements for kidney transplantation and EDTA reports are also taken into consideration.