Ing T S, Yang M L, Yang V L, Wong F K, Cheng Y L, Guddeti S R, Yu A W
Department of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Hospital, Hines, Illinois 60141, USA.
Artif Organs. 1996 Mar;20(3):264-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.1996.tb04436.x.
An acidic (pH 5.2) pyruvate-based peritoneal dialysis solution or an equally acidic lactate-based counterpart was added to a residual fluid (i.e., peritoneal effluent) obtained from each of 6 continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis patients. It was found that the residual fluids were able to raise the pH of the resultant residual fluid/peritoneal dialysis solution mixture to a higher level in the case of the pyruvate-based solution than in the case of the lactate-based one.
