Treatment time and ultrafiltration rate are more important in dialysis prescription than small molecule clearance

Blood Purification

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 90-98

  Twardowski, Zbylut J ^a,b  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b Dialysis Clinic Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

Dialysis duration; Hypertension; Hypotension, intradialytic; Kt Vurea; Lag phenomenon; Sodium profiling; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

SODIUM; UREA;

BLOOD FILTRATION; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIALYSATE; EVALUATION; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; HYPOTHESIS; KINETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MORTALITY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SODIUM RESTRICTION; SOLUTE; TREATMENT DURATION; ULTRAFILTRATION; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

BODY COMPOSITION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; RENAL DIALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; ULTRAFILTRATION; UNITED STATES; UREA;

EID: 33845796114     PISSN: 02535068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000096403     Document Type: Conference Paper

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