Danger of an Unnecessarily Prolonged Dialysis Session: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Autor: Massimo Nizzoli, Salvatore David, V. Cambi, Enrico Paganelli, Fabio Bono
Rok vydání: 1986
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Zdroj: Artificial Organs. 10:178-181
ISSN: 1525-1594
0160-564X
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.1986.tb02540.x
Popis: 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 m2/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 m2/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.
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