Author/Editor     Premru, Vladimir; Kovač, Janko; Buturović-Ponikvar, Jadranka; Ponikvar, Rafael
Title     Some kinetic considerations in high cut-off hemodiafiltration for acute myoglobinuric renal failure
Type     članek
Source     In: Special issue : contributions from the 5th Slovenian Congress of Nephrology with international participation [S. l.] : International Society for Apheresis
Publication year     2013
Volume     str. 396-401
Language     eng
Abstract     The kinetics of myoglobin in severe rhabdomyolysis and dialysis-dependent myoglobinuric acute kidney injury (Mb-AKI) is still not well elucidated, and more detailed knowledge could improve the now empiric use of rapid extracorporeal myoglobin removal by high cut-off (HCO) hemodialysis treatments. Eighteen adult patients with severe dialysis-dependent Mb-AKI (median serum concentration of myoglobin 57.4mg/L) participated in the prospective clinical study, assessing myoglobin kinetics during HCO hemodiafiltration (HCO HDF). High initial serum concentrations of myoglobin (median 57.4mg/L), together with protracted myoglobin appearance in the blood, indicated a large accumulation of myoglobin in body fluids. Extra-renal endogenous metabolic myoglobin clearance was delayed, with a slow exponential fall in serum myoglobin (t 35h). A mean myoglobin clearance of 9094mL/min, a reduction ratio of 80%, and a rapid exponential fall (t 1h) in serum and dialysate myoglobin were achieved by HCO HDF. Half of the cumulative myoglobin removal was accomplished in 35h, with an additional removal of 7% each hour thereafter. A 2.4-fold rebound in serum myoglobin followed the HCO procedures. Large amounts of myoglobin are released into the circulation, and its endogenous metabolic clearance in dialysis-dependent Mb-AKI is slow. Owing to its rapid and highly efficient myoglobin elimination, HCO HDF may represent a valuable tool in the initial management of severe Mb-AKI, with a potential for earlier application in the future.
Keywords     acute renal failure
hemodiafiltration
high cut-off
kinetics
myoglobin