The effectiveness and safety of regional citrate anticoagulation in intermittent haemodialysis/haemodiafiltration -- a systematic review.

Background: Haemodialysis requires anticoagulation to prevent thrombosis in the extracorporeal circuit (ECC), usually with heparin. However, systemic heparin anticoagulation is contraindicated when patients have active haemorrhage or bleeding risk or heparin-induced thrombocytopaenia type II. Region...

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Published in:Renal Society of Australasia Journal Vol. 14; no. 2; pp. 39 - 52
Main Authors: Aijun Fang, Wiechula, Richard
Format: research systematic review tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Cambridge Publishing Jul2018
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