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Assessment of hemodialysis adequacy may require different approaches for the stable, outpatient with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and for the sick, inpatient with acute kidney injury (AKI). Variability of urea distribution volume, urea generation, and treatment schedule, for instance, complicates dialysis dosing in the latter group although progress has been made in our understanding of their needs. There is a third population, however, for whom hemodialysis dosing requirements remain unclearthe hospitalized ESRD patient. This commentary discusses the key urea kinetic differences between stable ESRD and AKI to give the context to where, on the intervening spectrum, the hospitalized ESRD patient might lie. The limited literature examining hemodialysis dosing in this population is discussed along with those outstanding questions that might form the basis of a future research agenda.
Author(s): Kanagasundaram NS
Publication type: Editorial
Publication status: Published
Journal: Seminars in Dialysis
Year: 2012
Volume: 25
Issue: 5
Pages: 516-519
Print publication date: 20/09/2012
ISSN (print): 0894-0959
ISSN (electronic): 1525-139X
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/sdi.12008
DOI: 10.1111/sdi.12008
