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  • Title: Leukopenia and hypoxemia. Unrelated effects of hemodialysis.
    Author: Dumler F, Levin NW.
    Journal: Arch Intern Med; 1979 Oct; 139(10):1103-6. PubMed ID: 485741.
    Abstract:
    Hemodialysis-induced hypoxemia has been attributed to membrane-related complement activation leading to pulmonary leukostasis and to hypoventilation secondary to carbon dioxide losses via the dialyzer. We have separately assessed the role of membrane- and dialysis-related factors by using different dialyzers and sequential ultrafiltration and hemodialysis with first-use cellulose dialyzers produced both leukopenia and hypoxemia. With reused cellulose and polyacrylonitrile dialyzers, hypoxemia still occurred, but without leukopenia. Ultrafiltration produced leukopenia and no changes in Pao2; during the subsequent hemodialysis, hypoxemia developed as the leukocyte count increased by 50%. Our data indicate that leukopenia and hypoxemia are unrelated effects of hemodialysis, and favor hypoventilation as the major determinant of hypoxemia during hemodialysis.
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