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- Title
How Would You Prescribe the Dialysate Sodium Concentration for Your Patients?
- Authors
Port, Friedrich K.
- Abstract
Low sodium dialysate was commonly used in the early year of hemodialysis to enhance diffusive sodium removal beyond its convective removal by ultrafiltration. However, disequilibrium syndrome was common, particularly when dialysis sessions were reduced to 4 h. The recent trend of lowering the DNa from the most common level of 140 mEq/L has been associated with intradialytic hypotension and increased risk of hospitalization and mortality. Higher DNa also has disadvantages, such as higher blood pressure and greater interdialytic weight gain, likely due to increased thirst. My assessment of the evidence leads me to choose DNa at the 140 level for most patients and to avoid DNa below 138. Patients with intradialytic symptoms may benefit from DNa 142 mEq/L, if they can avoid excessive fluid weight gains.
- Subjects
HYPERTENSION; SODIUM; ATTITUDES of medical personnel; EVIDENCE-based medicine; WEIGHT gain; DRUGS; DRUG prescribing; HEMODIALYSIS; PHYSICIAN practice patterns
- Publication
Kidney & Dialysis, 2022, Vol 2, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2673-8236
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/kidneydial2010001