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Filter by:Establishing the euvolemic state in hemodialysis patients -the so called "dry weight"- is an important clinical conundrum in every nephrologist's daily practice. Underestimation of dry weight (with excessive ultrafiltration) results in dialysis-induced hypotension. Currently used methods to establish dry weight, including clinical assessment, bio-impedance spectroscopy and online relative blood volume (RBV) measurements, all have their limitations. RBV measurement reflects changes in blood volume during dialysis without providing any information about the initial hydration status, or the initial absolute blood volume (ABV). Recently, researchers proposed a new method to calculate ABV, by using the principle of dilution-indicator with RBV measurement. In a small cohort study they identified a total blood volume threshold of 65 millilitres per kilogram dry weight predicting for intra-dialytic hypotension associated symptoms. The goal of current clinical trial is to re-investigate the accuracy of the above-described method and to confirm the hypothesis of a critical threshold of 65 ml blood volume per kg dry weight in haemodialysis patients. Researchers will compare adjustment of dry weight based on the ABV measurement with standard care to see if dialysis-induced hypotension will be reduced.
Hospitalized patients often suffer from an acute shutdown of kidney function secondary to infections, use of antibiotics, or use of intravenous contrast agents. This results in the accumulation of toxic substances and retention of fluid in the body. Dialysis techniques are often needed to manage these patients to remove the retained toxic substances and extra fluid and allow the kidney time to recover. The amount and duration of fluid accumulation have been associated with a higher risk of death and longer hospital stays. Correction of fluid overload with dialysis has been shown to be beneficial in improving the outcomes from these patients. Most patients are quite sick and often have low levels of a blood protein called albumin that makes them more prone to developing low blood pressure during dialysis and limits the ability of dialysis to remove solutes and fluid adequately. Often dialysis sessions are complicated by the development of low blood pressures and symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, and headaches that further compromises dialysis efficacy. In this study, the hypothesis that addition of intravenous albumin during the dialysis session will improve the ability to remove fluid and reduce the incidence of low blood pressure during dialysis thereby improving patient tolerance and the efficacy of the procedure will be tested. Patients with acute kidney failure or end-stage Renal Disease who need dialysis for fluid removal will be allocated to receive albumin or saline as intravenous fluids during individual dialysis sessions and information on how much fluid can be removed and how many complications occur in each session will be recorded. Dialysis sessions with albumin will be compared with those with saline alone to determine the benefit of adding albumin to the treatment. Information obtained from this study will allow physicians to manage patients requiring dialysis for acute kidney failure more effectively and help improve outcomes.
Title of study: Optimizing Fluid Status Study code: HD-IIT-01-E Study design: Prospective open design in study centre at two locations Applied medical device: Body Composition Monitor (BCM) for determination of fluid overload and dry weight Aim of the study: To improve the fluid status in chronic HD patients (measured as OH (overhydration) or TAFO (time averaged fluid overload)) based on BCM measurements. Up to now, the BCM was occasionally applied in both locations of the study centre. Study hypothesis: Regular measurement of fluid status (assessed by BCM) and display of dry weight (post-weight plan)will have significant consequences, namely a decrease of the: - time averaged fluid overload (TAFO), - proportion of patients with severe overhydration OH > 2.5 L,or OH/ECW > 15 %) - proportion of dehydrated patients (OH < -1.0 L, or OH < -7 %), - mean overhydration, - variance of overhydration, - time outside the reference range (-1.0L < OH < 2.5L). Devices used in this study: Dialysis machine 5008 equipped with Blood Pressure Monitor BPM, Blood Volume Monitor BVM, Blood Temperature Monitor BTM, and Online Clearance Monitor OCM ; Body Composition Monitor BCM ; Data management software / database system NephroLink Disposables used in this study: BVM blood lines and BCM electrodes Patients: 60 patients