Abstract
Online hemodiafiltration machines equipped with a blood volume monitor and the possibility to rapidly infuse exact amounts of ultrapure dialysate into the extracorporeal circulation can be used to determine absolute blood volume in clinical practice. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the reproducibility of such measurements. Intra-individual reproducibility was evaluated in four measurements taken in hourly intervals within the same dialysis treatment. Ten patients were studied. Absolute blood volumes measured at the beginning and after 1hour of dialysis were significantly different (80.6±14.5 and 63.9±14.3mL/kg, P<.001) and highly reproducible between the last three measurements (63.9±14.3, 61.4±13.8, and 60.9±13.9mL/kg, P=n.s.). Measurement of absolute blood volume after 1hour of treatment is more precise than earlier measurements and might be better suited for guidance of ultrafiltration.
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