According to a study, presented on October 3 at the congress of the Francophone Society of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation (SFNDT) revealed by The world on December 4, patients treated with a dialysis fluid – or dialysate – citrate would have an excess mortality of 40% compared to those treated with other older products, such as those with acetate or hydrochloric acid. This Wednesday, December 5, one day after the daily revelations, the National Medicines Safety Agency (ANSM) has thus urgently called a meeting around this treatment.
47,000 people with kidney failure
“Hundreds of people on dialysis may have lost their lives prematurely”, valued The world. According to the daily, in France, 47,000 people suffer from end-stage renal failure. This disorder of the functioning of the kidneys, due to a progressive and irremediable destruction of the channels that make up these organs, requires treatment that rids the blood of unwanted wastes accumulated in the body. Dialysis is thus the solution which best ensures the replacement of the functioning of the kidneys.
Still according to the French newspaper, patients “Enter dialysis at the average age of 70, often with other associated illnesses”. Their survival would be about five years. And among them, more than 20% are treated with a citrate dialysate. The product was also marketed in 2012.
Underreporting of incidents
The study presented on October 3 has not yet been published, nor has it been sent to the ANSM which “Is surprised that no health professional has thought of [la] grab “. The agency was finally informed by the Renaloo Kidney Transplant and Dialysis Patients Association at the end of November, hence the emergency meeting. “The importance of the results presented leads the ANSM to bring together all the stakeholders”, indicated in an email quoted by The world ASNM. The latter thus gathered “All stakeholders” for “Initiate a second opinion” and possibly think about a ” action plan “.
“Health professionals have an obligation to warn health agencies of any high risk incident”, recalls the agency. This alert illustrates the “Notorious underreporting of undesirable effects of products”, she believes.
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