title: Studies concerning the optimization of dialysate consumption.
abstract: As a continuation of an earlier study, the relation between total mass drainage and total dialysate consumption during a dialysis treatment is studied here. It is again found that a suitable operating condition is to have equal blood and dialysate flows, and that with a reasonable prolongation of treatment time, the same total mass drainage results as for a higher dialysate flow rate, but with a much lower total dialysate consumption.
authors.affiliation: Mediconsult, Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Sigdell
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tersteegen
mesh_terms: D015312:Hemodialysis Solutions; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000378:metabolism / Q000628:therapy*; D008433:Mathematics; D008954:Models, Biological; D012079:Renal Circulation / Q000502:physiology; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D014462:Ultrafiltration
chemical_list: D015312:Hemodialysis Solutions