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Normalization of Dialysis Dose for Daily Dialysis.
Hemodialysis International 2001 January
The equilibrated Kt/V (eKtV) is widely used in hemodialysis (HD) as a measure of the intensity (magnitude) of an individual dialysis treatment. Adequate eKt/V for thrice-weekly hemodialysis (twHD) has been extensively studied, and a value in the range 1.0 - 1.1 per treatment (3.0 - 3.3 weekly) is generally considered to represent adequate therapy for this specific frequency of dialysis. However, for other schedules, summing eKt/V's and time-averaging the clearance is not appropriate. This was first demonstrated several years ago by the observation that a weekly eKt/V of 2.0 in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) is therapeutically equal to a weekly eKt/V of 3.0 in twHD. That paradox has been resolved by the standard Kt/V (stdKt/V), which accounts for the first order nature of solute removal by dialysis, and which correctly predicts a normalized weekly stdKt/V of 2.0 for both CAPD and twHD. The equivalent renal clearance (EKR) has also been advanced as a method to normalize dose for varying treatment schedules. However, mathematical consideration shows that EKR is an exact time-averaged clearance. Analysis of data reported for daily dialysis by Piccoli et al. in the present issue of Hemodialysis International shows that the EKRc t/V calculated for daily dialysis is identical to the sum of eKt/V's for the individual dialyses. We therefore conclude that EKR is not a suitable parameter for normalizing the dialysis dose, because it fails to reflect the effect of dialysis frequency in HD therapy.
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