Successful renal replacement therapy for a patient with severe hemophilia after surgical treatment of intracranial hemorrhage and hydrocephalus

Case Rep Nephrol. 2011:2011:824709. doi: 10.1155/2011/824709. Epub 2011 Nov 17.

Abstract

A 21-year-old Japanese male with severe hemophilia A was developed end-stage renal failure. He was placed on combination therapy with peritoneal dialysis (PD) and hemodialysis (HD). Eight months later, he developed a hypertensive cerebral hemorrhage. After emergency surgery, he was managed with PD without HD to avoid cerebral edema. One month later, his renal replacement therapy was switched to HD (three times a week) from PD, since a ventriculoperitoneal shunt catheter was placed to treat his hydrocephalus. HD could be performed safety without anticoagulant agents on condition that factor VIII is given after every HD.

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