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Potassium Load of Blood Transfusions
Author(s) -
Eisinger Robert P.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
seminars in dialysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1525-139X
pISSN - 0894-0959
DOI - 10.1111/j.1525-139x.1988.tb00735.x
Subject(s) - medicine , blood transfusion , dialysis , hemodialysis , potassium , intensive care medicine , surgery , organic chemistry , chemistry
When a chronic hemodialysis patient requires a blood transfusion, it is generally given during dialysis. Occasionally, blood must be transfused between treatments raising a number of concerns, one of which is the potassium load imposed on the patient. How much potassium is given in a transfusion?