Korean J Nephrol.  2005 Mar;24(2):246-254.

Comparison of Safety and Efficiency of Hemodialysis Using Heparin-bound Hemophan with those of Saline Flushing Hemodialysis and Hemodialysis Using Low Dose Heparin in Patients at Risk of Bleeding

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Internal Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, College of Medicine, Sungkyunkwan Univesrsity, Seoul, Korea. yoongoo.kim@samsung.com
  • 2Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Cheju National University, Cheju, Korea.
  • 3Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract


OBJECTIVE
Although hemodialysis using heparin bound Hemophan (HBH-HD) has been reported to be a possible modality in patients at risk of bleeding, the efficiency and safety of HBH-HD is not certain. Therefore, we prospectively compared the safety and efficiency of HBH-HD with those of saline flushing HD (SF-HD) and HD using low dose heparin (LDH-HD) in 13 HD patients at risk of bleeding in a cross-over design. METHODS: The safety and efficiency were evaluated by measuring activated partial prothrombin time (aPTT) before and during HD, hemostasis time after needle removal, total blood compartment volume (TBCV) loss of dialyzer, urea clearance (K) and Kt/V. RESULTS: There was no difference in compression time needed to achieve hemostasis at puncture site after needle removal between HBH-HD, SF-HD and LDH-HD. During HBH-HD, there was a slight increase in aPTT at 15 min (50.6+/-4.5 sec), compared to predialysis levels (40.9+/-4.7 sec). In this cross- over study, aPTT during dialysis session was markedly higher in LDH-HD than those in HBH-HD or SF-HD (p<0.05). The loss of TBCV of the dialyzer was greater in SF-HD than HBH-HD or LDH-HD (17.4+/-1.9% vs. 12.4+/-1.4% vs. 10.1+/-1.8%). However, there was no difference in K (212.0+/-30.7 vs. 217.2+/-36.9 vs. 221.6+/- 29.5 mL/min) and Kt/V (1.22+/-0.12 vs. 1.24+/-0.16 vs. 1.26+/-0.18). CONCLUSION: We concluded that the safety and efficiency of HBH-HD are not different compared to SF-HD or LDH-HD and HBH-HD could an alternative hemodialysis method in patients at risk of bleeding.

Keyword

Anticoagulants; Hemophan; Hemodialysis

MeSH Terms

Anticoagulants
Cross-Over Studies
Dialysis
Flushing*
Hemorrhage*
Hemostasis
Heparin*
Humans
Needles
Prospective Studies
Prothrombin Time
Punctures
Renal Dialysis*
Urea
Anticoagulants
Heparin
Urea
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