Clearance of a Dialyzer Under Varying Operating Conditions
- 1 June 1986
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Artificial Organs
- Vol. 10 (3) , 219-225
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1525-1594.1986.tb02550.x
Abstract
The clearance of a dialyzer at zero ultrafiltration and zero inlet concentration in the dialysate was studied for varying dialysate flows. It was found that a practically feasible limit can be set to the dialysate flow, above which the gain in clearance is minimal or negligible, resulting more in a waste of dialysate than in increased mass transport. The results suggest a more economical operation of dialyzers, which is of general interest, as well as of special interest in areas where no on-line dialysate preparation is used (e.g., because of unreliable water supplies).Keywords
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