Understand the difference between clinical measured ultrafiltrationand real ultrafiltration in peritoneal dialysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

It has been noticed for years that ultrafiltration (UF) is important for survival in peritoneal dialysis. On the other hand, precise and convenient UF measurement suitable for patient daily practice is not as straight forward as it is to measure UF in the lab. Both overfill and flush before fill used to be source of measurement error for clinical practice. However, controversy finding around UF in peritoneal dialysis still exists in some situation. The current study was to understand the difference between clinical measured UF and real UF. The effect of evaporation and specific gravity in clinical UF measurement were tested in the study.

Methods

Four different brands of dialysate were purchased from the market. The freshest dialysate available in the market were i

SUBMITTER: Yu Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8594243 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature