title: Plasma levels of human atrial natriuretic factor in patients treated by hemodialysis and continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis.
abstract: We measured plasma levels of immunoreactive human atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) in chronic renal failure patients treated by hemodialysis (HD) and continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD). Predialysis plasma ANF was significantly higher in HD patients (271.8 +/- 173.4 pg/ml) as compared to CAPD patients (81.8 +/- 80.5 pg/ml) and healthy subjects (31.5 +/- 19.8 pg/ml). Plasma volume was higher in HD patients than in CAPD patients. Plasma ANF and plasma volume showed a significant positive correlation. In HD patients, high plasma ANF value decreased significantly to a value comparable with that of CAPD patients after each dialysis. The removal rates of ANF by HD and CAPD were comparable. Ultrafiltration corresponding to 2% of body weight without dialysis also reduced plasma ANF. Thus, the difference in plasma ANF values between HD and CAPD patients seems to be mostly due to the difference in plasma volume, indicating that plasma ANF is sensitive to volume status even in chronic dialysis patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Musashino Red Cross Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ando
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Matsuda
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Miyake
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yoshiyama
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000097:blood / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010531:Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory; D010953:Plasma Volume; D006435:Renal Dialysis
chemical_list: C472955:NPPA protein, human; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor