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Case Reports
. 2015 Jun;70(3):226-9.
doi: 10.1179/2295333714Y.0000000105. Epub 2014 Dec 2.

Unexpected triggering of the dialysate blood leak detector by haemolysis

E Lindley, D Finney, P Jones, A Lewington, A O'Reagan, G Webb
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Case Reports

Unexpected triggering of the dialysate blood leak detector by haemolysis

E Lindley et al. Acta Clin Belg. 2015 Jun.
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Abstract

This case showed that it is possible for haemoglobin released by haemolysis in the extracorporeal circuit to pass through a high permeability (albumin retaining) dialyser membrane. In the incident described, the blood leak detector of the dialysis machine was activated before the patient became symptomatic. Haemolysis should be considered as a possible cause of blood leak alarms during dialysis with high flux membranes.

Keywords: Blood leak alarm; Haemodialysis,; Haemolysis,; High-permeability membrane,.

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