Estimating phosphate removal in haemodialysis: an additional tool to quantify dialysis dose

Abstract

We present the first approach to quantify phosphate removal during high-flux HD by a bedside formula. Only 28% of the variation in phosphate removal was explained by Kt/V(urea). It appears that other factors not adequately accounted for by Kt/V(urea) affect phosphate removal. Therefore, we propose an individual control and quantification of phosphate removal in HD.