Why the study?
How do different hemodialysis membranes affect plasma interleukin-1 activity in stable ESRD patients?
Population
7 stable ESRD patients on regular hemodialysis for no less than 5 months, and 8 normal control subjects.
Comparison
Hemodialysis with four different membranes. vs Comparison between different dialysis membranes…
Design
Cohort
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Membrane-specific IL-1 changes in hemodialysis should not yet alter practice; hypothesis-generating for bioincompatibility mechanisms.
How do different hemodialysis membranes affect plasma interleukin-1 activity in stable ESRD patients?
Different hemodialysis membranes have varying effects on plasma IL-1 activity, which may be due to differences in their ability to remove or absorb IL-1 rather than variable monocyte stimulation.
Bingel et al. (2008) studied this question.
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