Health, 2016, 8, 363-369
Published Online February 2016 in SciRes. http://www.scirp.org/journal/health
http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/health.2016.84038
How to cite this paper: Nourizadeh, M., Shakeri, M., Mousavi, S.S.B., Adel, M.H., Najafi, M.H., Rezaee, Z., Nourizadeh, M.
and Nourizadeh, S. (2016) Study the Effect of High Dialysate Potassium Solution in Comparison to Low Potassium Dialysate
Solution in End Stage Renal Disease Patients. Health, 8, 363-369. http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/health.2016.84038
Study the Effect of High Dialysate Potassium
Solution in Comparison to Low Potassium
Dialysate Solution in End Stage Renal
Disease Patients
Mohammad Nourizadeh
1*
, Masih Shakeri
1
, Seyed Seifolah Beladi Mousavi
1
,
Mohammad Hassan Adel
1
, Mohammad Hossein Najafi
1
, Zahra Rezaee
1
,
Mehdi Nourizadeh
1
, Sara Nourizadeh
2
1
Atherosclerosis Research Centre, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
2
Department of Cell & Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran
Received 18 December 2015; accepted 26 February 2016; published 29 February 2016
Copyright © 2016 by authors and Scientific Research Publishing Inc.
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY).
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Abstract
Background: Nowadays cardiovascular diseases remain as the single most common cause of death
in chronic dialysis patients; the aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of two different regi-
mens of dialysis potassium removal in patients with a tendency to develop arrhythmias during
haemodialysis (HD). Methods and Materials: There were 88 (36 men and 52 women) end stage
renal disease (ESRD) patients recruited for the study. They received regular haemodialysis three
times per week at the haemodialysis units of a university medical centre (Golestan hospital) dur-
ing year 2011. We compared the arrhythmogenic effects of two dialysis techniques. Results: There
was a tendency in the HD solution with constant (3 mEq/l) K for premature ventricular complex
(PVC) appearance in to be reduced as compared with constant (2 mEq/l) K in the time of dialysis
period, although this reduction was not statistically significant(P = 0.09). There was a significant
reduction in SVC in the HD solution with constant (3 mEq/l) K as compared with constant (2 mEq/l)
K. Discussion: In conclusion, the use of a model of intra-HD potassium that is more close to potas-
sium serum concentration of ESRD patients can reduce the arrhythmogenic effect of HD in patients
on regular HD treatment.
Keywords
Arrhythmia, Dialysis, End Stage Renal Disease
*
Corresponding author.