Use of a phosphorus-enriched dialysate in a hypercatabolic renal failure patient receiving intensive hemodialysis therapy

Nephron. 1996;72(4):696-8. doi: 10.1159/000188965.

Abstract

An elderly man with end-stage renal disease required intensive hemodialysis therapy because of sepsis-induced hypercatabolism. We were able to prevent the occurrence of hypophosphatemia by using a phosphorus-enriched dialysate during hemodialysis treatments.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Blood Urea Nitrogen
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Hemodialysis Solutions / chemistry*
  • Humans
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / complications
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / metabolism
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / therapy*
  • Male
  • Phosphorus / administration & dosage
  • Phosphorus / blood
  • Phosphorus / therapeutic use*
  • Renal Dialysis*
  • Sepsis / complications
  • Sepsis / therapy

Substances

  • Hemodialysis Solutions
  • Phosphorus