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Treatment of Metabolic Alkalosis with Hemofiltration in Patients with Renal Insufficiency

A.O. Kheirbek, Todd S. Ing, G. W. Viol, Remegio M. Vilbar, Vishal Bansal, V.C. Gandhi, W. P. Geis, Jessie E. Hano

The Nephron journals/Nephron journals · 2008 · 10 citations · 0 references

Concepts

MedicineNephrologyPharmacotherapyHemodialysisRenal Replacement TherapyRenal HemodynamicsMetabolic Alkalosis CorrectionRenal Failure ManagementReplacement Fluid Therapy

Abstract

Hemofiltration using the postdilution technique and a modified saline solution as the replacement fluid succeeded in treating the metabolic alkalosis of two patients with renal failure.