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Dialysate flow rate and delivered Kt/Vurea for dialyzers with enhanced dialysate flow distribution.


ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Previous in vitro and clinical studies showed that the urea mass transfer-area coefficient (K(o)A) increased with increasing dialysate flow rate. This observation led to increased dialysate flow rates in an attempt to maximize the delivered dose of dialysis (Kt/V(urea)). Recently, we showed that urea K(o)A was independent of dialysate flow rate in the range 500 to 800 ml/min for dialyzers incorporating features to enhance dialysate flow distribution, suggesting that increasing the dialysate flow rate with such dialyzers would not significantly increase delivered Kt/V(urea).

Design, setting, participants, & measurements

We performed a multi-center randomized clinical trial to compare delivered Kt/V(urea) at dialysate flow rates of 600 and 800 ml/min in 42 patients. All other aspects of the dialysis prescription, including treatment time, blood flow rate, and dialyzer, were kept constant for a given patient. Delivered single-pool and equilibrated Kt/V(urea) were calculated from pre- and postdialysis plasma urea concentrations, and ionic Kt/V was determined from serial measurements of ionic dialysance made throughout each treatment.

Results

Delivered Kt/V(urea) differed between centers; however, the difference in Kt/V(urea) between dialysate flow rates of 800 and 600 ml/min was NS by any measure (95% confidence intervals of -0.064 to 0.024 for single-pool Kt/V(urea), -0.051 to 0.023 for equilibrated Kt/V(urea), and -0.029 to 0.099 for ionic Kt/V).

Conclusions

These data suggest that increasing the dialysate flow rate beyond 600 ml/min for these dialyzers offers no benefit in terms of delivered Kt/V(urea).

SUBMITTER: Ward RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3358998 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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