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A nursing view of future haemodialysis anticoagulation treatments
Author(s) -
Vos JY.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
edtna‐erca journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.381
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 1755-6686
pISSN - 1019-083X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-6686.2000.tb00110.x
Subject(s) - medicine , extracorporeal , intensive care medicine , hemodialysis , coagulation , catheter , extracorporeal circulation , surgery
summary The purpose of prescribing anticoagulation therapy in haemodialysis treatments ‐ extracorporeal treatments in general ‐ is to avoid coagulation of blood within the extracorporeal circuit. I.e. catheter/needle(s), bloodlines, artificial kidney/haemofilter. In this paper we differentiate between chronic treatments and acute treatments. The methods of anticoagulation are quite similar in both groups, except for specific preferences and adapted dose.