Nephrol Dial Transplant (1999) 14: 2932-2936
© 1999 European Renal Association-European Dialysis and Transplant Association
Day-to-day variability of adequacy indexes in peritoneal dialysis
1 Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, Provincial Hospital, Camposampiero, Padova, 2 Nephrology and Dialysis Division, Regional Hospital, Treviso, 3 Laboratory, Provincial Hospital, Camposampiero, Padova and 4 Laboratory, Regional Hospital, Treviso, Italy
Correspondence and offprint requests to: Giovambattista Virga, Nephrologia e Dialisi, Ospedale P. Cosma, Via P. Cosma, 35012 Camposampiero, Padova, Italy.
Background. The achievement of dialysis adequacy targets in peritoneal dialysis (PD) is assessed by the calculation of the Kt/V and creatinine clearance (CCr) obtained by collecting dialysate and urine, usually two or three times a year. Prescription decisions are based on such adequacy assessments, regardless of any variability in the single measurements. The aim of our study was to assess the day-to-day variability of common dialysis adequacy parameters and to evaluate its impact on the adequacy indexes in PD.
Methods. Twenty-four patients (14 CAPD, 10 APD) at two centres were studied by means of a triple dialysate and urine collection for a period of 1 week. Variability in the findings for a given patient was expressed by the coefficient of variation (CV%) calculated for peritoneal (p), renal, and total (tot) adequacy parameters. The target Kt/V and CCr values were recalculated on the basis of variability.
Results. Kt/V was less variable (CV 4.0 and 4.4% for peritoneal Kt/V (pKt/V) and total Kt/V (totKt/V) respectively) than CCr (4.7 and 6.0% for peritoneal creatinine clearance (pCCr) and total creatinine clearance (totCCr) respectively) and proved to be a more reliable indicator of adequacy in terms of the CV. Both variability parameters became worse if renal clearance was added to peritoneal clearance. CV in APD proved to be no different from CAPD for all the parameters considered. In our centres dialysis adequacy target correction for variability provided safe values for weekly Kt/V (pKt/V=1.78–2.10 and totKt/V=1.82–2.15 target 1.7–2.0) and CCr/1.73 (pCCr=53.7–64.4 l and totCCr=55.1–66.1 l; target 50–60 l).
Conclusions. Evaluating the adequacy of PD by means of a single measurement should take into account the weekly variability as demonstrated by a triple dialysate and urine collection. Standard adequacy targets can be corrected to allow for variability. Thus one can obtain safe values for prescription decisions based on a single collection result.
Keywords: adequacy target; coefficient of variation; creatinine clearance; Kt/V; peritoneal dialysis
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