Formation of Blood Foam in the Air Trap During Hemodialysis Due to Insufficient Automatic Priming of Dialyzers

In conclusion, this study urgently calls attention to blood foam development in the venous air trap when using Artis devices and priming software 8.15 in combination with Fresenius dialyzers. Updated auto‐priming software (version 8.21) of Artis should be requested to reduce the extent of foam for the Fresenius dialyzers. Other interactions may also be present. We recommend further studies to clarify these problems. Meanwhile caution is warranted for the combined use of dialysis devices and dialyzers with incompatible automatic priming.
Source: Artificial Organs - Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Tags: Main Text Source Type: research