In our series, regional heparinization was utilized in a total of 17 dialyses in 3 patients with use of a new method to monitor heparin levels* in the patient and extracorporeal circuit (Fig. 3).

In 1978, Blaisdell et al. [4] first introduced the concept of early heparinization to prevent proximal and distal propagation of thrombus, in combination with de-layed intervention. Today, early ...

THERE is currently considerable interest in the phenomenon of "hyperacute rejection" of human kidney allografts. 1–6 Except for transplantation across the ABO barrier, there is uncertainty about ...