Table 5 Time and dialysate needed to increase Kt
From: Is it useful to increase dialysate flow rate to improve the delivered Kt?
Increasing Kt: 2 L | Increasing Kt: 4 L | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Qd | Time | Water (L) | Acid (L) | Total dialysate (L) | Time | Water (L) | Acid (L) | Total dialysate (L) |
400 ml/min | 9.1 | 2.8 | 0.8 | 99.6 | 18.1 | 7.2 | 0.16 | 103.2 |
500 ml/min | 8.6 | 3.4 | 0.9 | 124.3 | 17.2 | 8.4 | 0.2 | 128.5 |