Reportedly, approximately 30 minutes after treatment start, the patient presented with severe abdominal pain.The patient received 300 ml of saline and phloroglucinol.Treatment was discontinued and the blood present within the extra corporeal circuit returned back to the patient.A blood sample was taken and analyzed, confirming the presence of hemolysis.Soon after the event, the patient was transferred to a hospital where a second blood sample was analyzed.Also the result of the second sample confirmed the presence of haemolysis.The patient remained at the hospital for observation in the afternoon and then transferred to a clinic for the following dialysis sessions.No kinking or anomaly at the level of the blood circuit was noticed during this treatment.No additional information is available.
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