Background: Hemodialysis reactions (HDRs) are similar to complement activation-related pseudo allergy (CARPA), a hypersensitivity reaction that occurs when administering certain (nano)drugs intravenously. The pathomechanism of CARPA was described based on animal experiments. Typical CARPA-like dialysis reactions, which occur at the start of hemodialysis, have been reported using polysulfone dialyzers. However, to our knowledge, this is the first dialysis reaction that occurred towards the end of hemodialysis treatment.

Case Presentation: This report describes a 52-year-old Caucasian male patient who had been receiving chronic hemodialysis for 3 years and exhibited a CARPA reaction during his third hour of treatment. Upon activation of the microbubble alarm, the extracorporeal system recirculated for five minutes. Following reconnection, the patient exhibited a drop in systemic blood pressure, chest pain, and dyspnea after five minutes. Symptoms disappeared spontaneously after reducing the speed of the blood pump, placing the patient in a Trendelenburg position, and administering a bolus infusion from the dialysis machine. The remaining dialysis treatment was uneventful.

Conclusion: Numerous case reports about reactions occurring with modern high-efficiency polysulfone dialyzers have been published. However, due to changes in the material structure by the manufacturers, we have not encountered such cases lately. The recently reported increase in thromboxane-B2 and pulmonary arterial pressure and complement activation upon re-infusion of extracorporeal blood following dialysis may explain the reaction observed here.

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