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Table 5 Calcium balance.

From: Citrate- vs. acetate-based dialysate in bicarbonate haemodialysis: consequences on haemodynamics, coagulation, acid-base status, and electrolytes

  

Acetate (A)

Citrate (C)

Citrate (C+)

P(Avs.C)

P(Avs.C+)

Calcium, serum, ionised (mmol/l)

pre-dialysis

1.19 ± 0.09

1.20 ± 0.07

1.23 ± 0.08

ns

< 0.01

 

post-dialysis

1.22 ± 0.10

1.14 ± 0.10

1.31 ± 0.10

< 0.001

< 0.001

Patients with dialysate calcium concentration of 1.25 mmol/l

      

Calcium, serum, ionised (mmol/l)

pre-dialysis

1.14 ± 0.04

1.16 ± 0.04

1.16 ± 0.06

ns

ns

 

post-dialysis

1.09 ± 0.03

0.99 ± 0.02

1.13 ± 0.07

< 0.01

ns

Patients with dialysate calcium concentration of 1.50 mmol/l

      

Calcium, serum, ionised (mmol/l)

pre-dialysis

1.19 ± 0.10

1.21 ± 0.08

1.24 ± 0.08

ns

< 0.05

 

post-dialysis

1.27 ± 0.06

1.19 ± 0.05

1.34 ± 0.05

< 0.001

< 0.001

  1. Serum ionised calcium at the beginning and at the end of the dialysis sessions using acetate dialysate (A) vs. citrate dialysate with (C+) or without (C) calcium supplementation.