Average nocturnal fluid loss

[LEDZEP]

Good day. I started home nocturnal dialysis about 6 weeks ago 6 nights a week. I am just wondering what kind of fluid removal in weight do other nocturnal patients average per run. When i run every night i usually weigh about 4-5 pounds above my dry weight. When i take a night off i find i am about 7-8 pounds above my dry weight. Are these figures average,low,high for other dialysis patients. Let me know please your thoughts.


                 Thank you. Mike.http://mike2kal.wordpress.com/

[Rerun]

5 pounds over would be a little over 2 liters.  That means you are drinking like 2 bags of saline a day.  Then you take a day off and drink 10 pounds which would be drinking almost 5 liters or 5 bags of saline.

I don't know!  It depends on your dry weight.  You can have 3% of your dry weight between runs.  So if your dry weight is 100 kilos it would be
100 x .03 = 3liters between runs.


There are 2.2 pounds in 1 kilo/liter.  So if your dry weigh 100 kilos that is 220 pounds.  A bigger person can afford a little more fluid between runs than a smaller person.  It is hard on your heart to shift too much fluid back and forth.

What is your dry weight right now?

Rerun, Moderator

[LEDZEP]

My dry weight right now is 120 kilos and most nights when i am doing it every night i weigh on average 122-122.5 so if its 122.5 thats 2.5 plus .4 for saline rince back and .4 for Misc. so on average i am going for 2.8 to 3.3 and on the night after taking a night off i am going for 3.8 to 4.5. Of course as you know its just not what you drink the food you eat has a lot of water in it as well. My dietician is very happy with my diet and my blood work shows it. I just have not been feeling great after my runs so i was just wondering what other people shot for in fluid removal

[noahvale]

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[LEDZEP]

Thanks for replying. I do 8-9 a night and i use a conventional Gambro AK 95 s dialysis machine. I am in Canada we don't have NxStage.

[noahvale]

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[Rerun]

You should be feeling good at that many hours.  And your labs are good.  Hmmmm