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[Serum cystatin C in haemodialysed patients]
P Pontuch1, A Lehotská, V Parrák
1IV. interná klinika Lekárskej fakulty UK, Nemocnica sv. Cyrila a Metoda, Bratislava, Slovenská republika.
Background:
Cystatin C (CyC) is protein (m. w. 13 300), which is produced by nucleated cells, filtered through glomeruli and subsequently reabsorbed and degraded in tubuli.
Objective:
To investigate changes in serum CyC concentration during two low-flux membrane haemodialyses (HD-I, HD-II) and relationship between serum CyC a creatinine concentrations.
Patients And Methods:
Serum CyC was determined in 17 patients on chronic haemodialysis during HD-I and HD-II by immunonephelometric method (Dade Behring, Austria).
Results:
Significant correlation between serum CyC and creatinine before HD-I and before/after HD-II was found (p < 0.001). Serum CyC before HD-I (median 6.3 mg/I, 95 % CI 5.5 - 6.7) increased after HD-I (7.1 mg/l, 6.1 - 8.9) (p < 0.001). Serum CyC before HD-II (6.4 mg/l, 5.8 - 7.2) increased after HD-II (8.0 mg/l, 7.3 - 9) (p < 0.001), while serum creatinine decreased after HD-I and HD-II (p < 0.001). There was correlation between the increase in serum CyC and albumin during HD-I (p < 0.001) and HD-II (p < 0.01).
Conclusion:
There was close correlation between serum CyC and creatinine before haemodialyses. Serum CyC increased after haemodialyses, due to CyC non-dialysability through low-flux membrane and haemoconcentration. Unlike creatininaemia, serum CyC reflects the residual renal function even after haemodialyses.
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