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Table 1 Patients’ characteristics (n = 12)

From: Prediction of end-dialysis serum sodium concentration in severely hyponatremic kidney failure patients undergoing conventional hemodialysis using sodium kinetic equation

Parameter

Mean ± SD

Range

No of dialysis sessions

20

 

Age, years

54.58 ± 11.75

36–74

Sex, n (%)

   Males

7 (58.33)

 

   Females

5(41.66)

 

Primary renal disease, n (%)

   AKD

4 (33.33)

 

   CKD

8 (66.66)

 

Weight, kg

67.53 ± 7.24

55–83

Height, cm

170.33 ± 6.31

159–181

Body water volume by Watson’s equation, L

35.82 ± 4.00

29–42

Edema fluid, L

2.44 ± 0.77

2–4

Total body water, L

37.23 ± 3.49

32–43

BUN, mg/dl

84.57 ± 25.85

59–131

Creatinine, mg/dl

9.41 ± 2.05

6–12

Predialysis Na+, mEq/L

115.45 ± 3.12

109–119

Predicted Na+, mEq/L

119.45 ± 3.12

113–123

Observed Na+, mEq/L

119.80 ± 3.42

114–125

Target DNa.t/V

0.34 ± 0.07

0.21–0.45

Time to target DNa.t/V, min

86.46 ± 22.82

57–132

Observed Na+—predialysis Na+, mEq/L

4.35 ± 1.26

2–6

Observed Na+—predicted Na+, mEq/L

0.33 ± 1.26

 − 2 to 2