TY  - JOUR
T1  - ELectron-beam sterilized hemodialyzers and thrombocytopenia—reply
AU  - Kiaii M, Levin A, MacRae J
Y1  - 2012/02/15
N1  - 10.1001/jama.2012.145
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 665
EP  - 666
VL  - 307
IS  - 7
N2  - 
In Reply: We agree with Drs Bieber and Ahmad that the original phenomenon was described in a single center. However, that does not discount the fact that the phenomenon was observed across 2 provinces and was substantially reduced when electron-beam sterilized dialyzers were eliminated. We agree that there are many possible etiologies for thrombocytopenia in patients receiving hemodialysis; however, we systematically excluded patient-specific factors in the index cases and demonstrated that the thrombocytopenia was related to the hemodialysis procedure itself.

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.2012.145
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2012.145
ER  -