Air Embolism during Haemodialysis
| Autor: | M. Shadforth, A. V. L. Hill, D. N. S. Kerr, M. K. Ward |
|---|---|
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 1971 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Oxygen inhalation therapy Pulmonary Circulation Hypertension Pulmonary Posture Emergency treatment Air embolism Dexamethasone Renal Dialysis medicine Pressure Embolism Air Humans Haemodialysis circuit Syringe General Environmental Science Monitoring Physiologic business.industry Syringes General Engineering Oxygen Inhalation Therapy General Medicine Heparin Papers and Originals Middle Aged medicine.disease Coronary Vessels Surgery Mesenteric Arteries Blood pump Embolism General Earth and Planetary Sciences Female business medicine.drug |
| Popis: | Two fatal and five non-fatal episodes of air embolism occurred in the course of 14,000 haemodialyses. Air entered the circuit through the infusion bottle, the heparin syringe or line, or the blood pump insert. Emergency treatment with posture, oxygen, dextran infusion, and dexamethasone was apparently successful in reversing some of the manifestations. Prevention depends partly on better design of equipment and partly on the incorporation in the haemodialysis circuit of devices which detect air and prevent it from reaching the patient. Such monitors are not in general use in the United Kingdom and those currently available are far from infallible. We describe an alternative system incorporating a floating valve in the bubble trap. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
| Externí odkaz: |
|