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Blood Pressure Drop During Dialysis May Raise Clot Risk
Posted 29 Jul 2011 by Drugs.com
FRIDAY, July 29 – Low blood pressure while undergoing dialysis puts patients at increased risk for clots where their blood vessels are connected to the dialysis machine, a new study says. Previous research had found that a sudden drop in blood pressure during dialysis can lead to short-term gastrointestinal, muscular and neurologic symptoms, and long-term problems such as stroke, seizure, heart damage and death. This new study, led by researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine, examined data collected between 1995 and 2000 from 1,426 dialysis patients who took part in a clinical trial sponsored by the U.S. National Institutes of Health. Dialysis is a treatment for kidney-failure patients that uses a machine to cleanse their blood. Many patients are attached to the dialysis machine through a fistula, a surgically created vascular access point in the body that's connected to ... Read more
Related support groups: Hemodialysis, Hemodialysis Anticoagulation, Peritoneal dialysis
Many Dialysis Patients Get Wrong Blood Thinners for Angioplasty
Posted 9 Dec 2009 by Drugs.com
TUESDAY, Dec. 8 – More than one-fifth of patients on dialysis who undergo angioplasty are given blood thinners they should not be given, new research shows. As a result, these patients are subject to a higher rate of bleeding during their hospital stay and may even be at a higher risk of dying, according to a report in the Dec. 9 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. The drugs in question are enoxaparin (Lovenox), a low-molecular-weight heparin, and eptifibatide (Integrilin). The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has determined that neither medication should be used in people undergoing dialysis. "The study does validate the FDA's directed labeling [of these drugs] as contraindicated, and it supports avoiding use of these drugs in dialysis patients," said study author Dr. Thomas Tsai, director of interventional cardiology at the Denver VA Medical Center and an ... Read more
Related support groups: Lovenox, Enoxaparin, Clexane, Integrilin, Lovenox HP, Clexane Forte, Hemodialysis Anticoagulation, Eptifibatide