Correction of Acidosis by Hemodialysis: Proposal of a Correlation with Urea Kinetics

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Background/Aims: We examined the effect of hemodialysis (HD) on acid-base status and its relation to urea kinetics in clinically stable renal HD patients. The purpose of this study was to design a practical approach to monitoring the correction of acidosis, as it can be assisted by routine parameters of adequacy. Methods: Blood samples were drawn immediately before and after HD from 46 chronic renal patients to determine electrolytes, blood gases, serum albumin and blood urea nitrogen (BUN). Additional measurements of pH and serum bicarbonate were done in 35 patients in the periods before, immediately after and 4 h after HD. The normalized protein catabolic rate (nPCR) was calculated and correlated with the serum albumin and bicarbonate values before HD. Equilibrated KT/V (eKT/V) and urea reduction ratio (URR) were calculated and correlated with the degree of bicarbonate correction, defined as ΔHCO3–. Results: There was no correlation between nPCR and pre-HD HCO3–, while there was a significant correlation between URR and eKT/V and ΔHCO3– (p < 0.003). Conclusions: The Δbicarbonate was well correlated with URR and eKT/V, and the study suggests that in standard HD the correction of acidosis may be related to target URR and eKT/V levels.

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Moderate Metabolic Acidosis and Its Effects on Serum Parameters in Hemodialysis Patients

Hubin Gao, Susie Lew, Juan P. Bosch (2000)

We screened the laboratory data of 50 chronic hemodialysis patients selected randomly over a 21-month period to generate 158 data points which identified two groups: (1) those with a predialysis total CO 2 concentration less than or equal to 19 mEq/l (data A; n = 57) and (2) those with a predialysis total CO 2 concentration greater than 19 mEq/l (data B; n = 101). Then, both groups were compared for the following parameters: predialysis blood urea nitrogen (BUN), serum phosphorus, uric acid, creatinine, and albumin concentrations, Kt/V, urea reduction ratio, normalized protein catabolic rate, dry weight, ultrafiltration, blood flow and dialysis flow rates, duration of dialysis treatment, and blood pressure. Group data A had significantly higher predialysis BUN, phosphorus, and uric acid concentrations than group data B. There were significant inverse correlations between predialysis serum bicarbonate and predialysis BUN, phosphorus, and uric acid concentrations. Although it is not clear what the long term side effects of moderate metabolic acidosis are, we recommend its correction.

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Journal ID (publisher-id): BPU

Journal ID (nlm-ta): Blood Purif

Journal ID (doi): 10.1159/issn.0253-5068

Title: Blood Purification

Publisher: S. Karger AG

ISSN (Print): 0253-5068

ISSN (Electronic): 1421-9735

Publication date Subscription-year: 2002

Publication date (Print): 2002

Publication date (Electronic): 15 January 2003

Volume: 20

Issue: 6

Pages: 551-556

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Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho, Division of Nephrology, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and Centro Integrado de Nefrologia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Publisher ID: 66959 Other ID: Blood Purif 2002;20:551–556

DOI: 10.1159/000066959

PubMed ID: 12566671

SO-VID: 02497768-7f66-456d-875a-c7c65041585c

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Date received : 23 May 2002

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