Performance estimation for commercially available dialyzers

Abstract

It is important to perform an in vivo module performance to select an optimum dialyzer for each patient. The correlation between in vitro and in vivo performance of dialyzer was investigated. The results show high correlations between in vitro and in vivo results on dialyzer clearance C_L and ultrafiltration coefficient UFR. It is possible to estimate in vivo C_L and UFR from the data of in vitro C_L and UFR. The estimation of in vitro performance is a first step toward the clinical use of dialyzer.