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Danger of an Unnecessarily Prolonged Dialysis Session: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Author(s) -
Cambi Vincenzo,
Nizzoli Massimo,
Paganelli Enrico,
David Salvatore,
Bono Fabio
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
artificial organs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.684
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1525-1594
pISSN - 0160-564X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1525-1594.1986.tb02540.x
Subject(s) - carpal tunnel syndrome , dialysis , medicine , population , incidence (geometry) , wrist , surgery , anesthesia , physics , environmental health , optics
Ten patients of a population of 319 on chronic intermittent treatment with Cuprophan dialyzers have undergone surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). Since 1971 the dialysis schedule for all patients has been 4 m 2 /h three times per week. All patients were anuric. The operated patients represent 16% of the total population. In comparison with a dialysis population in other units described in the literature (12), 8 m 2 /h performed three times per week, with similar dialysis aging and a CTS incidence of 47%, it appears that the duration of the dialysis session per se increases the frequency of CTS and leads to the problem of the consequences of blood membrane interaction.