Kuhlman U, May M, Schoenemann H, Kramer M, Lange H
Thermal energy flow and body temperature as a parameter of
biocompatibility during hemodialysis in ESRD
33rd Congress of the Eur Dial Transplant Assoc
Nephrol Dial Transplant
(Jun) 11:A239 1996
Inflammation-like reactions are induced by dialysis membranes and a
rise in heat production and in blood temperature is an expected
effect of bio-incompatible membranes.
The hypothesis was tested in eleven uremic patients. Patients
were dialyzed in a random way with four different dialyzers
(cuprophane Vs polysulfone - 1.3 Vs 1.8 m2). Thermal energy flow of
the dialyzer and blood temperature were measured continuously by the
Blood Temperature Monitor (BTM, Fresenius AG). At equivalent thermal
energy flows, blood temperature increased significantly (p < 0.05) in
cuprophan HD in comparison with Polysulphone HD, independently of
membrane surface area.
Comment: Changes in blood temperature during dialysis
may represent an additional, simple marker of membrane
biocompatibility (Carlo Basile, M.D., Taranta, Italy).
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