Affiliations: Department of Hematology and Toxicology, Institute of Zoology, Jagiellonian University, Ingardena 6, 30‐060 Cracow, Poland | Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, Rydygier Hospital, Osiedle Złotej Jesieni 1, 31‐826 Cracow, Poland | Academy of Physical Education, Institute of Rehabilitation, Al. Jana Pawła II 88, 31‐571 Cracow, Poland
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Abstract: Hemodialysis is a method of treatment of patients suffering from terminal renal disease and consists in removing uremic toxins from blood. The influence of hemodialysis on rheological properties of red blood cells was ascertained. We studied the deformability of RBC after density gradient separation of whole blood drawn from patients with renal disease before and after dialysis. The improvement in deformability of cells from the top layers was observed in postdialysis samples.
Keywords: Hemodialysis, reticulocytes, density gradient centrifugation, rheology
