Journal article
Effect of chronic kidney disease on red blood cell rheology
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Anemia of renal failure is primarily a problem of decreased RBC production due to erythropoietin deficiency. RBC survival is also reduced, perhaps due to decreased RBC deformability. This study measured blood viscosity over a range of shear rates in erythropoietin-treated patients on hemodialysis (HD), and compared the findings to matched patients with chronic renal insufficiency (CRI) and healthy controls.
METHODS: Four groups …
Authors
Brimble KS; McFarlane A; Winegard N; Crowther M; Churchill DN
Journal
Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation, Vol. 34, No. 3, pp. 411–420
Publication Date
2006
DOI
10.3233/chm-2006-862
ISSN
1386-0291