Closed loop dialysis: a complication of the Buselmeier shunt.
This report describes the development of a coil-fistula closed loop dialysis circuit, excluding the systemic circulation, as a complication of dialysis utilizing a variant of the Buselmeier shunt. This complication might theoretically occur with other types of dialysis circulation access systems. The presence of a closed loop system may be recognized by a rising hematocrit, rising viscosity, and progressive darkening of the blood in the dialysis circuit.
D001132:Arm / Q000098:blood supply; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods