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  • Title: Mass transfer of calcium across the peritoneum at three different peritoneal dialysis fluid Ca2+ and glucose concentrations.
    Author: Simonsen O, Venturoli D, Wieslander A, Carlsson O, Rippe B.
    Journal: Kidney Int; 2003 Jul; 64(1):208-15. PubMed ID: 12787411.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: In peritoneal dialysis, the rate of ultrafiltration has been predicted to be a major determinant of peritoneal calcium (Ca2+) removal. Hence, dialysis fluid glucose concentration should be an important factor governing the transperitoneal Ca2+ balance. The aim of this study was to test the effect of various dialysate glucose levels and selected dialysate Ca2+ levels on Ca2+ removal in peritoneal dialysis patients. METHODS: Patients (N = 8) received, during a 7-week period, 2 L of lactate (30 mmol/L)/bicarbonate (10 mmol/L)-buffered peritoneal dialysis solutions containing either 1.5% glucose and 1.0 mmol/L Ca2+ or 2.5% glucose and 1.6 mmol/L Ca2+, or 4% glucose and 2.5 mmol/L Ca2+, respectively, provided in a three-compartment bag (trio system). Patients underwent standardized (4-hour) dwells, one for each of the three dialysates to assess permeability-surface area product (PS) or mass transfer area coefficients (MTAC) for ionized and "freely diffusible" Ca2+, lactate, glucose, bicarbonate, phosphate, creatinine, and urea. RESULTS: There was a clear-cut dependence of peritoneal Ca2+ removal on the rate of ultrafiltration. For large peritoneal to dialysate Ca2+ gradients (2.5 mmol/L Ca2+ in 4% glucose) a close fit of measured to simulated data was predicted by the three-pore model using nonelectrolyte equations. For low transperitoneal Ca2+ concentration gradients, however, directly measured Ca2+ data agreed with the simulated ones only when the peritoneal Ca2+ PS was set lower than predicted from pore theory (6 mL/min). CONCLUSION: There was a marked ultrafiltration dependence of transperitoneal Ca2+ transport. Nonelectrolyte equations could be used to simulate peritoneal ion (Ca2+) transport provided that the transperitoneal ion concentration gradients were large. Based on our data 1.38 mmol/L Ca2+ in the dialysis fluid would have created zero net Ca2+ gain during a 4-hour dwell for 1.5% glucose, whereas 1.7 and 2.2 mmol/L Ca2+ would have been needed to produce zero Ca2+ gain for 2.5% glucose and 3.9% glucose, respectively.
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