Introduction. Accumulation of middle molecular weight uremic toxins causes various complications in chronic hemodialysis (HD) patients. Postdilution online hemodiafiltration (OL-HDF) efficiently removes these molecules. This study aimed to assess the effectiveness three different dialysis membranes removing ?2- microglobulin (?2m) within a single session postdilution OL-HDF. Method. A prospecti...

Haemodialysis patients are at risk of poisoning by contaminants in dialysis fluid [1]; they are exposed to large volumes of water every time they dialyse, dialysis membranes offer a less effective barrier than the gastrointestinal tract and their renal failure renders them less able to eliminate toxins. Aluminium remains the classic example of such toxicity. Renal patients are also at risk of e...

BACKGROUND Citrate, used for the anticoagulation of the extracorporeal dialysis circuit, reduces ionized calcium by chelation and has been claimed to attenuate dialyser membrane bioincompatibility. Dialysis with complement-activating cuprophane membranes is associated with leukopenia which has been related to an increase in adhesion molecule expression on the surface of circulating leukocytes. ...

Abstract Background and Aims With the continuous improvement of dialysis membrane materials, polysulfone (PS) has replaced traditional cellulose membranes with excellent biocompatibility dominates market applications. In our clinical work, we found that allergic reaction disappeared after application triacetate (CTA) in patients who were to PS. this study, compared differences solute clearance ...