2011 Volume 2 Issue 1 Pages 66-70
As a specific character for a continuous blood purification therapy (: CBP) in the pediatric category, it is a treatment under the low volume of blood flow and it occurs with the amount of blood circulation for extracorporeal circulatory volume more frequently in comparison. Hence, this CBP should be executed under the easier environment of circuit coagulation. In this thesis, we identified the prerequisites for CBP with the viewpoint of safety assurance and the measures to help prevent circuit coagulation by reviewing the factors for circuit coagulation and analyzing the structure of the currently used circuits that are designed for children. Based on our results, we have made some suggestions concerning this matter. These suggestions include omitting a pillow, installing an injection site for anticoagulation drug ahead of the blood pump and closer to the blood removal portion, and omitting the drip chamber for arterial side selectively.
