Calcium-free hemodialysis is useful for evaluating parathyroid function and bone disease in chronic hemodialysis patients.
By serum concentration of c-PTH, 18 hemodialysis patients were divided into 3 groups: group I (< 2.0 ng/ml, n = 8), group II (2.0-10.0 ng/ml, n = 5), group III (> 10.0 ng/ml, n = 5). When patients were dialyzed with Ca-free dialysate during the first 2 hours intact PTH level in serum shows no or slight increase in 5 out of 8 in group I.
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Department of Dialysis Therapy, Iwamizawa City Hospital, Hokkaido, Japan.
Abe
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Nakamura
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Nagayama
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D001851:Bone Diseases, Metabolic / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism*; D002118:Calcium / Q000097:blood; D015314:Dialysis Solutions / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D010280:Parathyroid Glands / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone / Q000097:blood*; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000379:methods*; D051437:Renal Insufficiency / Q000378:metabolism / Q000628:therapy*
D015314:Dialysis Solutions; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone; D002118:Calcium