INCREASE IN BLOOD SILICON CONCENTRATION IN PATIENTS WITH RENAL-FAILURE

  • 1 January 1980
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 33  (7) , 228-230
Abstract
Human blood Si concentration was determined by plasma emission spectrometry and was compared with Al concentration. In 33 healthy subjects a mean value of 110 .mu.g/l (s = 34) was obtained. In 14 non-dialyzed patients with renal failure, Si increased and showed a good correlation with creatinine, suggesting that Si is a good indicator of renal failure. In 127 hemodialyzed patients Si was increased up to a mean blood concentration of 1740 .mu.g/l and often to values as high as 5000 .mu.g/l. Possible pathological consequences of this elevation are still to be determined.

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