Microemboli, developed during haemodialysis, pass the lung barrier and may cause ischaemic lesions in organs such as the brain

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2691-2695

  Forsberg, Ulf ^a   Jonsson, Per ^b   Stegmayr, Christofer ^b   Stegmayr, Bernd ^b  

^a Medicin Geriatriska Kliniken   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

haemodialysis; hazards with haemodialysis; microbubbles; microemboli

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL KIDNEY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; DIALYSIS CATHETER; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBUBBLE; MICROEMBOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND; VASCULAR ACCESS; BLOOD FLOW; CAROTID ARTERY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPLICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM, AIR; KIDNEY DISEASES; LUNG; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; VASCULARIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT, SURGICAL; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; EMBOLISM, AIR; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; LUNG; MALE; MICROBUBBLES; MIDDLE AGED; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RENAL DIALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77954804045     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfq116     Document Type: Article

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