[Experiences with minimal intermittent heparinization in chronic dialysis patients]

In the present paper the control of the heparinisation in patients undergoing a chronic dialysis program was tested by means of partial thromboplastin time. The determination of the partial thromboplastin time is exactly well reproducible, the results are quickly at our disposal. The heparinisation may be done more individually, the distribution of the heparin doses is more regular, the total dosage of heparin could be reduced by 39% compared with the formerly applied dosage. The mean need of heparin for a dialysis lasting 6 hours was 7,450 I.U. The repeated use of the capillary dialysators (CDAK--model 4) was not disturbed.