White blood count in patients on regular haemodialysis

Papadimitriou, M.; Baker, L. R. I.; Seitanidis, B.; Sevitt, L.H.; Kulatilake, A. E.

doi:10.1136/bmj.4.5675.67

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“…Varying degrees of lymphopenia as well as lymphocyte functional abnormalities have been noted in end-stage renal disease patients and patients on maintenance hemodialysis. 7,8 This includes decreased proliferative response to concanavalin A, phytohemagglutin, cell surface antigens, and decreased production of interleukins along with increased apoptosis of Th subsets. Chronic hemodialysis patients and patients with advanced chronic kidney disease not on dialysis are noted to have their T lymphocytes in an aberrant state of activation, as shown by more CD3 + CD69 + T cell, which drives them into early apoptosis, thereby causing lymphopenia.…”

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Herpes Labialis in Patients with Russell's Viper Bite and Acute Kidney Injury: A Single Center Experience

Waikhom¹,

Sapam²,

Patil³

et al. 2011

The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Abstract. Snake bite is an important health hazard in tropical countries and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Herpes labialis is a common ailment caused by the Herpes simplex virus. There is no published data showing any association between the snake bite and development of Herpes labialis. Here, we present a series of patients who developed Herpes labialis after Russell's viper bite and had acute kidney injury. We attempted to find whether snake bite is an immunosuppressed state and whether it could have pre-disposed the patients to the development of these lesions.

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Herpes Labialis in Patients with Russell's Viper Bite and Acute Kidney Injury: A Single Center Experience

Waikhom¹,

Sapam²,

Patil³

et al. 2011

The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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“…Transient leukocytopenia (data not shown) and neutropenia during hemodialysis were observed in all three tested groups, findings which are thought to be the result of neutrophil sequestration within the pulmonary vasculature. [11][12][13][14] Changes in the defensin levels were not as marked as alterations in neutrophil counts. Unlike the findings in the PMMA and PS groups, the postdialysis defensin levels in the CU group were increased compared with predialysis values.…”

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Effect of different dialyzers on defensins during hemodialysis

Yoh

Ino

Nakazato

et al. 2001

Clinical and Experimental Nephrology

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“…Transient leukopenia during dialysis has long since been reported (8,9) and used as a measure of biocompatibility. Dialysis membrane material can be divided into three types: regenerated cellulose; other cellulose with the surface OH group modified (e.g.…”

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A Case Report of Hemodialysis Intolerance With Eosinophilia

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We report the case of a patient who developed eosinophilia during hemodialysis and became intolerant to dialysis therapy. The patient, a 40-year-old woman, was initiated on hemodialysis for end-stage renal failure caused by chronic glomerulonephritis. After starting on dialysis, her eosinophil count gradually increased. During the ninth session, she developed abdominal pain of an unknown cause after approximately 1 h of dialysis. The symptom, which persisted in the following sessions, was considered to be a dialysis-related complication. We attempted different dialyzers and anticoagulants, but without improvement. The dialysis therapy was discontinued and steroid treatment was given. The hypereosinophilic condition improved rapidly and dialysis therapy was restarted successfully without causing abdominal pain. To investigate the cause of this problem, we measured the leukocyte count and anaphylatoxin C3a level in peripheral blood during dialysis, and compared the results before and after steroid treatment. The results showed that the significant decrease in the leukocyte count observed before steroid treatment was reduced to a mild decrease after steroid treatment. In contrast, C3a did not show a significant difference between the values obtained before and after steroid treatment. These findings suggest that eosinophilia played an important role in the etiology of dialysis intolerance and that C3a was not involved in the decrease in leukocytes under the conditions experienced by the present patient.

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White blood count in patients on regular haemodialysis

Cited by 25 publications

References 5 publications

Herpes Labialis in Patients with Russell's Viper Bite and Acute Kidney Injury: A Single Center Experience

Herpes Labialis in Patients with Russell's Viper Bite and Acute Kidney Injury: A Single Center Experience

Effect of different dialyzers on defensins during hemodialysis

A Case Report of Hemodialysis Intolerance With Eosinophilia

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