Related Experiment Videos
Comparison between urea removal in hemodialysis and continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis using a mathematical
1Department of Polymer Engineering, National Institute of Materials and Chemical Research, Ibaraki, Japan.
The International Journal of Artificial Organs
|March 1, 1997
Abstract:
Urea removal by continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) was compared with that by hemodialysis (HD) using a mathematical kinetic model. The time-averaged urea-nitrogen concentration (TAC) in the blood of a patient on maintenance HD was calculated by the model. Clearance with HD giving a TAC value equal to the constant urea-nitrogen concentration in the blood of a patient on CAPD was obtained, leading to the relation of equivalent clearances between HD and CAPD on the assumption that the urea-generation rate of the patient on CAPD was equal to that of the patient on HD.