Prospective Study of Routine Heparin Avoidance Hemodialysis in a Tertiary Acute Care Inpatient Practice

Prospective Study of Routine Heparin Avoidance Hemodialysis in a Tertiary Acute Care Inpatient Practice

Extracorporeal circuit (EC) anticoagulation with heparin is a key advance in hemodialysis (HD), but anticoagulation is problematic in inpatients at risk of bleeding. We prospectively evaluated a heparin-avoidance HD protocol, clotting of the EC circuit (CEC), impact on dialysis efficiency, and assoc...

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Main Authors: Sami Safadi, Robert C. Albright, Jr., John J. Dillon, Amy W. Williams, Fares Alahdab, Julie K. Brown, Amanda L. Severson, Walter K. Kremers, Mary Ann Ryan, Marie C. Hogan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-07-01
Series:Kidney International Reports
Subjects:
acute kidney injury
anticoagulation
extracorporeal circulation
hemodialysis
no heparin
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468024917300578

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