Amino acid availability enhanced through glucose coadministration of amino acid supplementation during hemodiafiltration: two case reports

Table 1 Patients’ profile

	P1	P2
Age years	54	66
Gender	Female	Male
Dialysis vintage years	16	40
Height cm	156	144
Weight kg	54	43
Body mass index kg/m²	22	21
Serum creatinine mg/dL	12.0	7.2
Serum urea nitrogen mg/dL	60	67
Serum albumin g/dL	3.5	3.4
Hemoglobin g/dL	10.7	10.5
Hematocrit %	33.0	31.7
C-reactive protein mg/dL	0.016	0.107
nPCR g/kg/day	0.89	1.09
GNRI	93.82	85.41
%CGR %	130.00	63.80
Kt/Vsp	2.00	1.99
Hemofilter	ABH-18PA	ABH-18PA
Membrane matrix	Polysulfone	Polysulfone
Surface area m²	1.8	1.8
Blood flow rate mL/min	250	260
Dialysate flow rate mL/min	500	500
Replacement fluid volume L/hour	12	14
Water removal ratio	0.04	0.05

The values are averages under C1, C2 and C3. nPCR; normalized Protein Catabolic Rate, GNRI; Geriatic Nutritional Risk Index, %CGR; % Creatinine Generation Rate, Water removal ratio = (pre-HDF weight – post-HDF weight)/pre-HDF weight

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