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  • Title: Serum calcium oxalate saturation in patients on maintenance haemodialysis for primary hyperoxaluria or oxalosis-unrelated renal diseases.
    Author: Marangella M, Petrarulo M, Vitale C, Daniele PG, Sammartano S, Cosseddu D, Linari F.
    Journal: Clin Sci (Lond); 1991 Oct; 81(4):483-90. PubMed ID: 1657494.
    Abstract:
    1. The serum oxalate concentration rises in chronic renal failure and it is only partially eliminated by regular dialysis treatment. However, the recent literature is not conclusive on whether progressive oxalate retention and secondary oxalosis should be expected in patients on regular dialysis treatment. 2. To further investigate this, we have estimated the state of saturation with respect to calcium oxalate monohydrate in plasma ultrafiltrates from 28 patients on maintenance haemodialysis and eight healthy control subjects, matched for sex and age. Five patients had type I primary hyperoxaluria and histologically proven oxalosis, whereas 23 had oxalosis-unrelated renal diseases. Dialysis efficiency was quantified as the KdTd/V of urea. Samples were obtained from each patient before, immediately after and 48 h after a dialysis session. Fasting samples were obtained from the control subjects. Oxalate was determined in both plasma ultrafiltrates and the whole dialysate by ion-exchange chromatography, after a non-delayed and [14C]oxalate-recovery-controlled procedure. The state of saturation with calcium oxalate monohydrate was estimated by means of a computer system which solved the interactions among 45 complex species. 3. The fasting plasma oxalate concentration (means +/- SD) in ultrafiltrates from healthy subjects was 3.8 +/- 1.5 (range 1.4-5.8) mumol/l, and the state of saturation with calcium oxalate monohydrate was 0.096 +/- 0.04.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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