title: A simple method to monitor the dose of hemodialysis.
abstract: A practical and inexpensive method to measure the dose of dialysis without any laboratory tests is described. A prospective study was performed that suggested that the volume of blood treated during hemodialysis, corrected for postdialysis body weight (CBVpost), can be used as a simple method to measure dose of dialysis. In this study the dose of dialysis, measured as Kt/Vurea, and the volume of blood dialyzed, were compared for 195 hemodialysis treatments. There was a strong positive correlation between Kt/Vurea and CBVpost in the entire group of patients (r = 0.78). However, this correlation was strongest for traditional dialysis using dialyzers with a urea clearance of 170-180 ml/min (r = 0.82) than for other dialyzers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ahmad
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001806:Blood Urea Nitrogen; D001810:Blood Volume; D001835:Body Weight / Q000502:physiology; D003625:Data Collection; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000592:standards*; D014508:Urea / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D014508:Urea