Hemodialysis (HD) and continuous venovenous hemodialysis (CVVHD) have an unproven role in the management of carbamazepine overdose. Albumin-enhanced CVVHD may accelerate carbamazepine (CBZ) clearance, but no pharmacokinetic data has been reported for traditional CVVHD without albumin enhancement. In addition, it is unclear whether the active CBZ-epoxide metabolite is removed with either mode of...

INTRODUCTION There are few studies about costs of inputs used in hemodialysis and among these expenditures, the compounds that make up the dialysate are one of the values considered as representative of this therapy. However, there aren't costs studies that guiding solutions. OBJECTIVE The objective of this article is discuss whether there is wasteful of alkaline solutions in ambulatory hemod...

In order to estimate the risk of pyrogenic reactions in haemodialysis patients due to contaminated dialys-bacteria; pyrogens ate, bacteriological methods have to be adjusted for bacteria found in water in order to obtain relevant results. In addition to the culture of dialysate samples to determine bacterial growth, assays should be

BACKGROUND Hemodialysis requires reliable recurrent access to the circulation. On a chronic basis, this has been best provided by the use of arteriovenous fistulae and arteriovenous grafts. In recent years, hemodialysis catheters have come to play an increasingly important role in the delivery of hemodialysis. The use of both temporary as well as cuffed hemodialysis catheters has emerged as a s...

A sensitive and accurate method for the spectrofluorimetric determination of trace levels of aluminum in hemodialysis solutions using Mordant Red 19 as the complexation reagent has been developed. The optimal experimental conditions for the concentration of fluorimetric reagent, pH, temperature, and the specific type of matrix are reported. The emission of the fluorescent metal chelate was meas...

Objective: This study aimed to determine the dialyzability of common pesticide surfactants. Methods: Hemodialysis and hemoperfusion were performed for three surfactants-sodium dodecylbenzenesulfonate, lignosulfonic acid sodium, and naphthalenesulfonic acid polymer with formaldehyde-with buffer solutions (2 L) containing 0.2% surfactant with or without bovine serum albumin (3.0 g/dL). Results: T...

BACKGROUND/AIMS In recent years, one of technical attempts to improve biocompatibility and tolerability of the hemodialysis procedure is the substitution of acetate in dialysis solution with citrate. The aim of our study was to compare two dialysis solutions: traditional bicarbonate dialysis solution containing acetate (3 mmol/L) (solution A); and (solution C) commercially produced citrate-enri...

INTRODUCTION Hypoglycemia can occur during hemodialysis in diabetic chronic renal failure patients when using a dialysate without glucose. With dialysis solutions with glucose 90 mg/dL or more, this is preventable, but diabetic patients could present higher intradialytic glycemias. OBJECTIVE We tested a dialytic fluid with a lower level of glucose trying to prevent both hypo and hyperglycemia...