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. 2012 Oct;36(10):901-10.
doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.2012.01483.x. Epub 2012 Jul 30.

Improvement of intradialytic hypotension in diabetic hemodialysis patients using vitamin E-bonded polysulfone membrane dialyzers

Masahide Koremoto  1 , Noriko Takahara, Masahiro Takahashi, Yasuhiro Okada, Kouhei Satoh, Tomoyoshi Kimura, Tomoyuki Hirai, Itaru Ebihara, Daisuke Nagasaku, Shigeo Miyata, Shunji Maniwa, Takuji Kouzuma, Tetsurou Arimura, Junzou Kamei
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Improvement of intradialytic hypotension in diabetic hemodialysis patients using vitamin E-bonded polysulfone membrane dialyzers

Masahide Koremoto et al. Artif Organs. 2012 Oct.
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Abstract

Currently, there are no detailed reports on the effects of vitamin E-bonded polysulfone (PS) membrane dialyzers on intradialytic hypotension (IDH) in diabetic hemodialysis (HD) patients. This study was designed to evaluate changes in intradialytic systolic blood pressure (SBP) using "VPS-HA" vitamin E-bonded super high-flux PS membrane dialyzers. The subjects were 62 diabetic HD patients whose intradialytic SBP fell by more than 20%. Group A comprised patients who required vasopressors to be able to continue treatment or who had to discontinue therapy due to their lowest intradialytic SBP being observed at 210 min (28 patients). Group B comprised patients who showed no symptoms and required no vasopressors but showed a gradual reduction in blood pressure, with the lowest intradialytic SBP seen at the end of dialysis (34 patients). The primary outcome was defined as the lowest intradialytic SBP after 3 months using VPS-HA. Secondary outcomes included changes in the following: lowest intradialytic diastolic blood pressure, pulse pressure, pulse rate, plasma nitric oxide and peroxynitrite, serum albumin, and hemoglobin A1c. Group A's lowest intradialytic SBP had significantly improved at 3 months (128.0 ± 25.1 mm Hg vs. 117.1 ± 29.2 mm Hg; P = 0.017). Group B's lowest intradialytic SBP had significantly improved at 1 month (134.4 ± 13.2 mm Hg vs. 121.5 ± 25.8 mm Hg; P = 0.047) and 3 months (139.1 ± 20.9 mm Hg vs. 121.5 ± 25.8 mm Hg; P = 0.011). We conclude that VPS-HA may improve IDH in diabetic HD patients.

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