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Haemodialysing small infants is difficult because of vascular access limitations. We show that Poiseuille's law (that now through a tube varies with its radius(4)) makes it inevitable that the blood flow that can be achieved in smaller patients will fall disproportionately compared to their need for dialysis. Poiseuille's law also predicts that for single and multiple lumen cannulae of the same outside gauge, blood flow through the single lu men will be several times greater. Measurements confirmed this. It is argued that haemodialysis efficiency will therefore be improved by using a single lumen cannula to alternately withdraw and return blood, compared to sampling and returning continuously through a multiple lumen cannula, despite only withdrawing for half the time.
Author(s): Coulthard MG, Sharp J
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Pediatric Nephrology
Year: 2001
Volume: 16
Issue: 4
Pages: 332-334
ISSN (print): 0931-041X
ISSN (electronic): 1432-198X
Publisher: Springer
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s004670000547
DOI: 10.1007/s004670000547
PubMed id: 11354776
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