Dialysis Adequacy of Low-flux Membrane in Hemodialysis Patients

Background and Hemodialysis adequacy is one of the key factors in evaluating the health services provided for hemodialysis patients. This study was performed to determine the adequacy of dialysis with low-flux membrane in Hamadan Shahid Beheshti Hospital at 2011.
In a cross sectional descriptive study, 40 patients were put on low-flux membrane (FR6). Blood samples were taken before and at the end of dialysis (30 second after decreasing the blood flow rate to 80ml/min). KT/V and URR were used to determine the hemodialysis adequacy. Data was analyzed in SPSS ver. 19.
The patients were 67.5% male and 32.5% female (mean age: 48.37±10.38 years). The mean KT/V and URR were 1.10± 0.32 and 0.61±0.14, respectively.
Periodic assessment of hemodialysis adequacy is necessary to achieve international standards.