Removal of unwanted substances during HD needs to be weighed against the unavoidable loss of substances that are recognized to be necessary for bodily functions and physiology. In striving to improve the efficiency of HD by increasing the porosity of membranes, there is a greater potential for the loss of substances that are of benefit.
In this webinar, in addition to addressing the fundamental elements of membrane characteristics involved in uremic toxin removal, based on the above elementary trade-off and availability of recent guidance on the relative toxicity of substances retained in uraemia, a new evidence-linked uraemic toxin elimination (ELUTE) approach will be introduced whereby only those clusters of substances for which there is a sufficient body of evidence linking them to deleterious biological effects need to be targeted for removal.
Event Date: 5/10/2022