title: [Aluminum concentration in blood of hemodialysis patients and its clinical importance].
abstract: A multicenter study was performed to investigate the prevalence of abnormal blood contents of aluminum in hemodialysis patients and to clarify the impact of aluminum level on the clinical status of such patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two hundred sixty five patients with end-stage renal disease from 7 dialysis centers were enrolled in this study. All patients had undergone standard hemodialysis. Venous blood samples were collected from hemodialysis patients before hemodialysis sessions. Atomic absorption spectrophotometry was applied to measure blood levels of aluminum.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Out of hemodialysis patients 24.9% had high blood aluminum (>30 microg/l), and the mean was 27.4+/-43.8 microg/l in all subjects. The aluminum containing phosphate binder users had significantly higher blood aluminum levels (45.1+/-102.0 versus 15.4+/-18.9 microg/l, p<0.04). The hemodialysis subjects had low parathyroid hormone level more frequently when blood aluminum concentration was high (>30 microg/l).
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Nephrology, Kaunas University of Medicine Hospital, Kaunas, Lithuania. i.skarupskiene@one.lt
authors.forename: Inga
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Skarupskiene
authors.forename: Vytautas
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kuzminskis
authors.forename: Olegas
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Abdrachmanovas
authors.forename: Stanislovas
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ryselis
authors.forename: Alina
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Smalinskiene
authors.forename: Rima
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Naginiene
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000535:Aluminum / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000097:blood / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone / Q000097:blood*; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D013054:Spectrophotometry, Atomic
chemical_list: D010281:Parathyroid Hormone; D000535:Aluminum