Mass transfer, clearance and plasma concentration of procalcitonin during continuous venovenous hemofiltration in patients with septic shock and acute oliguric renal failure

Table 2 Mass transfer, clearance and sieving coefficient of procalcitonin

	T15'	T60'	T6h
Total inlet mass (ng/min)	10,663 ± 17,660	11,264 ± 19,122	10,713 ± 19,571
Total outlet mass (ng/min)	6438 ± 12,595	7503 ± 13962	7538 ± 15,558
Total mass transfer (ultrafiltrate) (ng/min)	102 ± 154	170 ± 265	526 ± 764
Mad (ng/min)	4122 ± 6263	3591 ± 5401	2647 ± 3901
Plasma clearance (ml/min)	37.4 ± 8.7*	34.7 ± 4.16*	31.5 ± 7*
Ultrafiltrate clearance (ml/min)	1.85 ± 1.73**	2.37 ± 1.8**	5.01 ± 2.31**
Sieving coefficient	0.07 ± 0.07**	0.09 ± 0.07**	0.19 ± 0.1**

Data presented as mean ± standard deviation. T15', 15 min after setup of continuous venovenous hemofiltration (CVVH); T60', 60 min after setup of CVVH; T6h, 6 hours after setup of CVVH. * Not significant, **P < 0.05.

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