Effects of end ‐stage renal disease and dialysis modalities on blood ammonia level

Discussion Fall in blood urea following hemodialysis in ESRD patients was paradoxically accompanied by a modest rise in blood ammonia levels in 43% of the patients studied, contrasting prior reported effects of hemodialysis on breath ammonia. In this subgroup of patients, changes in blood ammonia during hemodialysis correlated with rise in blood bicarbonate and fall in mean arterial blood pressure.

Source: Hemodialysis International - September 30, 2016 Category: Hematology Authors: Nosratola D. Vaziri, Mahyar Khazaeli, Ane C. F. Nunes, Kevin T. Harley, Hyder Said, Omeed Alipour, Wei Ling Lau, Madeleine V. Pahl Tags: Original Article Source Type: research