Sodium setpoint and gradient in bicarbonate hemodialysis.
Conclusions: A relatively "fixed" and individual osmolar setpoint in HD patients was shown for the first time in a long-term follow-up. A dialysate sodium concentration of 140 mmol/L determined a dialysate to plasma sodium gradient.
PMID: 23147688 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Journal of Nephrology)