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3532771

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1986-11-18
pubmed:abstractText
A controlled double-blind prospective study was undertaken of the effect of dialysate calcium levels on BP during hemodialysis. Twenty patients and 240 dialyses were studied using a protocol in which patients underwent alternate hemodialyses with dialysate calcium of 2.5 and 3.5 mEq/L. Dialysate composition was otherwise the same. Mean BPs during dialysis were significantly lower at 1.5, 2.5, and 3.5 hours of dialysis when the lower dialysate calcium was used (P = .007 to .02). However, the difference in BP between the high and low dialysate calcium treatments was clinically minor, with a maximum mean difference (at 1.5 hours) of 4.6 mm Hg. Subgroups of patients with frequent hypotension and low or normal serum calcium did not appear more sensitive to the hypotensive effect of low calcium dialysate. Dialysate calcium levels of 2.5 and 3.5 mEq/L thus differ in their effect on intradialytic BP in a statistically significant, but clinically minor, way. Low calcium dialysate thus may prove useful in the management of patients in whom large amounts of enteric calcium absorption are indicated or unavoidable.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0272-6386
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
8
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
244-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1986
pubmed:articleTitle
The effect of dialysate calcium levels on blood pressure during hemodialysis.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Controlled Clinical Trial