Renal unit practitioners’ knowledge, attitudes and practice regarding the safety of unfractionated heparin for chronic haemodialysis

Background: Chronic haemodialysis for adult patients with end-stage kidney failure requires a patent extracorporeal circuit, maintained by anticoagulants such as unfractionated heparin (UFH). Incorrect administration of UFH has safety implications for patients. Objectives: Firstly, to describe rena...

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Main Authors: Debra Ockhuis, Una Kyriacos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 2015-09-01
Series:Curationis
Online Access:https://curationis.org.za/index.php/curationis/article/view/1447