To compare the effect of maintenance bicarbonate hemodialysis on the serum anion gap
(AG) and the serum HCO 3, the authors retrospectively evaluated the data of 28 patients …

TO THE EDITOR: Several years ago, we addressed the question of why blood bicarbonate
concentration ([HCO3 À]) fails to increase notably during the last half of a standard …

1) We performed detailed measurements of blood from both the arterial and venous limbs of
the hemodialysis circuit and of dialysate. Results of these analyses, for both bicarbonate …

HCO 3− is matched by the increment in the AG in pureacidoses: diarrhoea with loss HCO 3−
equivalents in his high AG acidoses. This increase in the AG is therefore, stool, which in …

Metabolic acidosis is a condition that is commonly encountered in both chronic renal failure
and in end-stage renal disease. Metabolic acidosis is associated with many adverse effects …

Eleven stable hemodialysis patients were treated with acetate dialysate, then changed to
bicarbonate dialysate at three different concentrations. Blood was drawn from the arterial …

The clinician must have a reliable value for the plasma bicarbonate concentration to
diagnose and treat patients with acid-base disorders. However, the bicarbonate …

Background: In a previous study we demonstrated that mild metabolic alkalosis resulting
from standard bicarbonate hemodialysis induces hypotension. This study aimed to compare …

It is commonly believed that the electrolyte pattern in the patients with chronic renal failure
(CRF) is associated with high anion gap (AG) and low serum bicarbonate (HCO3). However …

IN the early 1960s hemodialysis was performed with bicarbonate in the dialysate. Although
this was quite effective in restoring the serum bicarbonate to normal, it posed a practical …