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G Civati1, C Guastoni, U Teatini
1Divisione Nefrologia e Dialisi, Ospedale Niguarda Cà-Granda, Milano, Italy.
Abstract:
One hundred haemodialysed patients have been treated for 4 h thrice weekly by acetate haemodialysis with high-flux dialysers (HAHD) 1.4-1.8 m2 and automated ultrafiltration control for 18.9 +/- 8.3 months. The aim of the study was to evaluate the efficacy of treatment as regards urea and beta 2-microglobulin removal, cardiovascular stability, acid-base balance and plasma Il-1 variations. Moreover medium-term observation of both lipid profile and basal beta 2-microglobulin concentrations were performed. With our current adequacy criteria (urea clearance greater than or equal to 120 l/week; KT/V greater than or equal to 1.2; beta 2-microglobulin removal greater than or equal to 150 mg/treatment), the occurrence of hypotension was 6% during 24,500 treatments. Cardiovascular stability was preserved by the increase of total peripheral resistances in response to cardiac output decrease. No disturbances of acid-base parameters were observed in spite of plasma acetate concentrations greater than 6 mmol/l. No variations of plasma Il-1 occurred during the session or 2 h later.
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