Pyrogenic Reactions Related to Hemodialysis Waste Handling

Guide to handling cytotoxic drugs and related waste.

A prospective study of pyrogenic reactions in hemodialysis patients using bicarbonate dialysis fluids filtered to remove bacteria and endotoxin.

Pyrogenic reactions (PR) are a well-recognized complication of hemodialysis and have been associated with dialyzer reuse, high-flux dialysis, and bicarbonate dialysate. However, the roles of bacteria and endotoxin in dialysate for producing PR are not well defined. To determine the effect of removing most bacteria and endotoxin from the dialysate on the incidence of PR, a cohort of chronic hemo...

Pyrogenic Reactions Following Intravenous Saline Infusions

the blood cannot neutralize or buffer, reactions characterized by chill and prostration follow. The present paper reports a study of these two rival theories. Origin of the work : In order to render saline solutions used in cholera cases nonpyrogenic, Panja, Malik, Paul and Ghosh (1942) prepared hypertonic saline solutions in freshly prepared distilled water and observed that these did not prod...

Pyrogenic Reactions Following Intravenous Saline Infusions

Sir,?I was interested in the paper entitled ' Pyrogenic reactions following intravenous saline infusions ' by Drs. B. M. Paul and B. C. Chatterjee in the July issue of the' Indian Medical Gazette (Vol. LXXIX, No. 7, p. 304). Nine years ago in the surgical wards of the Mayo Hospital, Lahore, I had occasion to give a particularly large number of intravenous saline infusions for a prolonged period...

Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B and Related Pyrogenic Toxins