Kramer, Ludwig; Bauer, Edith; Joukhadar, Christian; Strobl, Wolfram; Gendo, Alexandra; Madl, Christian; Gangl, Alfred
From the Department of Medicine IV (LK, AG, CM, AG) and Department of Clinical Pharmacology (CJ), University of Vienna Medical School, Vienna, Austria; and the Christian Doppler Laboratory for Specific Adsorption Technologies (WS), Krems, Austria.
Supported, in part, by the Christian Doppler Laboratory for Specific Adsorption Technologies, Krems, Austria, which performed citrate analysis.
Provided citrate infusion rates are adapted and ionized calcium is monitored, citrate anticoagulation seems feasible in patients with advanced cirrhosis, where the advantages compared with heparin are obvious.
doi: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000084871.76568.E6