The diffusion gradient between ionized calcium in dialysate and plasma water--corrected for Gibbs-Donnan factor--is the main driving force of net calcium balance during haemodialysis

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Gian Mario Bosticardo. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2010 Oct.

. 2010 Oct;25(10):3458-9; author reply 3459.

doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfq422. Epub 2010 Jul 23.

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Pro/Con debate: the calculation on calcium balance in dialysis lowers the dialysate calcium concentrations (pro part).
Gotch FA. Gotch FA. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2009 Oct;24(10):2994-6. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfp360. Epub 2009 Jul 25. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2009. PMID: 19633319 No abstract available.
Calcium balance in haemodialysis--do not lower the dialysate calcium concentration too much (con part).
Drüeke TB, Touam M. Drüeke TB, et al. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2009 Oct;24(10):2990-3. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfp365. Epub 2009 Aug 7. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2009. PMID: 19666667
The diffusion gradient between the ionized calcium concentration in the dialysate and in the blood is the main driving force of the net calcium mass balance during haemodialysis.
Basile C, Libutti P, Lomonte C. Basile C, et al. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2010 Apr;25(4):1356-7. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfp700. Epub 2010 Feb 3. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2010. PMID: 20130306 No abstract available.