Hemodialysis Adequacy: A Comparative Multicenter Study Between OCM and Calculated Kt/V from Two Centers in the Gulf

Abstract

Introduction: Adequate delivered dose of solute removal (as assessed by urea reduction and calculation of Kt/V) is an important determinant of clinical outcome in chronic haemodialysis (HD) patients. This requires both prescription of an adequate dose of HD and regular assessment that the delivered treatments are also adequate. On line conductivity monitoring Kt/V OCM online clearance measurement (OCM) (OCM)-using sodium flux as a surrogate for urea-allows the repeated non-invasive measurement of Kt/V on each HD treatment.