Quereda C, Marcén R, Lamas S, Hernández-Jodra M, Orofino L, Sabater J, Villafruela J, Ortuño J
Nephrology Department, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain.
Life Support Syst. 1985;3 Suppl 1:18-22.
Incidence of intradialytic symptomatic hypotension was significantly reduced by lowering dialysate temperature from 37 degrees C to 35 degrees C. This improvement seems not to be mediated by temperature-induced changes in membrane biocompatibility, since leukocytes, platelets and complement activation were similar in both situations.