Performance liquid test as a cause for sudden deaths of dialysis patients: Perfluorohydrocarbon, a previously unrecognized hazard for dialysis patients

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 545-548

  Canaud, Bernard ^a  

^a LAPEYRONIE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Haemodialysis hazards; Life threatening complications; Perfluorocarbon toxicity

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE OXIDE; FLUORIDE; FLUORINATED HYDROCARBON; FLUOROCARBON; FORMALDEHYDE; INOTROPIC AGENT; TOSYLCHLORAMIDE SODIUM; VASOACTIVE AGENT;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSATE; DIALYSIS MEMBRANE; FLUOROSIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG CAPILLARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SHOCK; SUDDEN DEATH; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 0036226847     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/17.4.545     Document Type: Article

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