Warning: An anemia outbreak due to chloramine exposure in a clean hemodialysis unit - An issue to be revisited

Renal Failure

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 81-83

  De Oliveira, Rubens Marona ^a   De Los Santos, Carlos Abaeté ^a   Antonello, Ivan ^a   D'Avila, Domingos ^a  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anemia; Chloramines; Erythropoietin; Hemodialysis; Hemolysis; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; AMMONIA; CHLORAMINE DERIVATIVE; CHLORINE; HEMOGLOBIN; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSATE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UREMIA; WATER QUALITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA; CHLORAMINES; COHORT STUDIES; DIALYSIS SOLUTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ERYTHROPOIETIN, RECOMBINANT; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS UNITS, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL DIALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 61649092808     PISSN: 0886022X     EISSN: 15256049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08860220802546503     Document Type: Article

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