Method and system for preventing intradialytic symptomatology
First Claim
1. A method of conducting a blood treatment procedure comprising conducting said blood treatment procedure at a first predetermined efficiency and before reaching a first predetermined time limit value, said time limit value being determined on the basis of a patient specific parameter, altering said first predetermined efficiency to a second predetermined efficiency wherein said first predetermined efficiency is higher than said second predetermined efficiency, and wherein said blood treatment procedure is selected from the group consisting of hemodialysis, hemofiltration and hemodiafiltration.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for conducting blood treatment procedures. The method includes conducting the treatment procedure such as dialysis at a first efficiency until a limit value is reached, and then altering the first efficiency to a second efficiency until a second limit value has been reached. The method also includes devising a predetermined efficiency profile for the blood treatment procedure, conducting the procedure at a predetermined efficiency until a first limit value is reached, and then altering the efficiency of the blood treatment procedure in accordance with the predetermined efficiency profile.
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- 1. A method of conducting a blood treatment procedure comprising conducting said blood treatment procedure at a first predetermined efficiency and before reaching a first predetermined time limit value, said time limit value being determined on the basis of a patient specific parameter, altering said first predetermined efficiency to a second predetermined efficiency wherein said first predetermined efficiency is higher than said second predetermined efficiency, and wherein said blood treatment procedure is selected from the group consisting of hemodialysis, hemofiltration and hemodiafiltration.
- 4. A method of conducting a blood treatment procedure comprising devising a predetermined profile of efficiency based on a patient specific characteristic curve for said blood treatment procedure, conducting said blood treatment procedure at a first predetermined efficiency, and before reaching a first predetermined time limit value determined on the basis of said characteristic curve altering said efficiency of said blood treatment procedure in accordance with said predetermined profile of efficiency wherein said altered efficiency is lower than said first predetermined efficiency, and wherein said blood treatment procedure is selected from the group consisting of hemodialysis, hemofiltration and hemodiafiltration.
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13. Apparatus for conducting a blood treatment procedure comprising means for conducting said blood treatment procedure at a first predetermined efficiency, and means for altering said first predetermined efficiency to a second, lower, predetermined efficiency before reaching a first predetermined time limit value wherein said predetermined time limit value is determined on the basis of a patient specific parameter, and wherein said blood treatment procedure is selected from the group consisting of hemodialysis, hemofiltration and hemodiafiltration.
- 14. Apparatus for conducting a blood treatment procedure comprising means for devising a predetermined profile of efficiency based on a patient specific characteristic curve for said blood treatment procedure, means for conducting said blood treatment procedure at a first predetermined efficiency, and means for altering said efficiency of said blood treatment procedure in accordance with said predetermined profile of efficiency, before reaching a first predetermined time limit value, wherein said first predetermined time limit value is determined on the basis of a patient specific parameter, and wherein said blood treatment procedure is selected from the group consisting of hemodialysis, hemofiltration and hemodiafiltration.
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