Why Red Cell Transfusion in Haemodialysis Patients Is Preferentially Performed During Dialysis

AbstractRed blood cell transfusion in a patient receiving maintenance haemodialysis is not simply a matter of correcting a low haemoglobin concentration. In end stage kidney disease, transfusion introduces three clinically important problems that are amplified by absent or severely impaired renal excretion: an intravascular volume load, a potassium load and, in patients who may subsequently undergo kidney transplantation, exposure to...