OPTIMAL WEIGHT AND DIALYSIS DOSE IN PATIENTS ON PERIODIC HEMODIALYSIS

Small patients tend to be better dialyzed than large ones. We analyzed the delivered dose of dialysis in two groups of patients - group A, body weight over 50 kg (n-39, m:f=28:l; 57,4 8,3 kg) and group B, body weight under 50 kg (n=15, m:f=6:9; 45,4 3,4 kg). We calculated KT/V and Time Average Concentration of urea (TAC) using two-pool method for urea kinetic modeling. The patients from group Ð’ had a higher KT/V urea =1,35 0,25 (p < 0,05) and lower TAC =13,7 2,72 (p < 0,05) with a shorter dialysis time. Mean serum protein and albumin levels for a year did not differ.