When pure is not so pure: Chloramine-related hemolytic anemia in home hemodialysis patients

Hemodialysis International

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 327-332

  Junglee, Naushad A ^a   Rahman, Saeed U ^a   Wild, Mike ^a   Wilms, Anke ^a   Hirst, Sarah ^a   Jibani, Mahdi ^a   Seale, Jim R C ^b  

^a YSBYTY GWYNEDD   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anemia; Chloramine; Hemodialysis; Hemolysis; Water

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FERRITIN; HEMOSIDERIN; NOVEL ERYTHROPOIESIS STIMULATING PROTEIN; TOSYLCHLORAMIDE SODIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; FILTER; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HOME DIALYSIS; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR HEMOLYSIS; KIDNEY AGENESIS; KIDNEY FAILURE; MACROCYTIC ANEMIA; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; PYELONEPHRITIS; SPLENOMEGALY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

ADULT; ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC; CHLORAMINES; DISINFECTANTS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEMODIALYSIS, HOME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 77955044693     PISSN: 14927535     EISSN: 15424758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-4758.2010.00454.x     Document Type: Article

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