Modified regional citrate anticoagulation is optimal for hemodialysis in patients at high risk of bleeding: a prospective randomized study of three anticoagulation strategies

Abstract Background Recommended regular saline flushing presents clinical ineffectiveness for hemodialysis (HD) patients at high risk of bleeding with heparin contraindication. Regional citrate anticoagulation (RCA) has previously been used with a Ca2+ containing dialysate with prefiltered citrate i...

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Main Authors: Ting Lin, Li Song, Renwei Huang, Ying Huang, Shuifu Tang, Qizhan Lin, Ying Zhang, Xingbo Wu, Hui Liang, Yuchi Wu, Yuanhan Chen, Huaban Liang, Jianchao Ma, Zhonglin Feng, Zhuo Li, Lixia Xu, Xia Fu, Zhiming Ye, Shuangxin Liu, Xinling Liang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-12-01
Series:BMC Nephrology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-019-1661-y