Fresenius memo to dialysis units regarding sudden death risk associated with dialysate base concentration. PDF Print
From the NY Times: See esp. the risk associated with predialysis serum bicarb > 24 mM. Perhaps not completely correct regarding the contribution of acetic acid to base load since this will neutralize an equimolar amount of bicarbonate to created carbon dioxide (depends on how the bicarbonate concentration is labeled in terms of accounting for this, but the diacetate in Granuflo will contribute to total base.

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