Project

The study of the removal of uremic toxins and their kinetic behaviour in order to optimise blood purifying techniques

Code
3E001606
Duration
01 October 2007 → 30 September 2013
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund, Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Research disciplines
  • Medical and health sciences
    • Urology and nephrology
    • Urology and nephrology
    • Urology and nephrology
Keywords
dialysis kinetics modelling
 
Project description

Patients with renal failure retain a large variety of uremic retention solutes and are currently treated with a blood purifying technique like hemodialysis. To optimise this treatment, kinetic models, calibrated with clinical data, were developed, simulating solute transport in between different virtual body compartments. These models were further used to simulate different dialysis strategies.