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An improved method to estimate absolute blood volume based on dialysate dilution
Susanne Kron1, Daniel Schneditz2, David F Keane3
1Department of Nephrology and Internal Intensive Care Medicine, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Abstract:
Online hemodiafiltration machines equipped with a blood volume monitor and the possibility to rapidly infuse exact amounts of ultrapure dialysate into the extracorporeal circulation can be used to determine absolute blood volume in clinical practice. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the reproducibility of such measurements. Intra-individual reproducibility was evaluated in four measurements taken in hourly intervals within the same dialysis treatment. Ten patients were studied. Absolute blood volumes measured at the beginning and after 1 hour of dialysis were significantly different (80.6 ± 14.5 and 63.9 ± 14.3 mL/kg, P < .001) and highly reproducible between the last three measurements (63.9 ± 14.3, 61.4 ± 13.8, and 60.9 ± 13.9 mL/kg, P = n.s.). Measurement of absolute blood volume after 1 hour of treatment is more precise than earlier measurements and might be better suited for guidance of ultrafiltration.
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