A handful of numbers drive most prescription decisions, and understanding them makes you an active participant in your own care.
What to know
- Kt/V and URR measure how much waste clearance a session achieves against target.
- Pre-dialysis potassium guides both diet and dialysate prescription.
- Phosphate and PTH together drive binder and vitamin D decisions.
- Haemoglobin, ferritin and transferrin saturation guide iron and ESA therapy.
- Albumin is a nutrition marker and a strong predictor of long-term outcomes.
Talk to your care team
This topic is part of Monitoring & Long-term Care, one of ten modules in the Trivita Learning Hub. If anything here contradicts what your own nephrologist or dialysis nurse has told you, follow your care team — they know your prescription, your access and your history.
Trivita's dialysis nurses answer our care line 24 hours a day on 055 242 1070, including for people who are not yet our patients.
Education, not medical advice. This page explains home hemodialysis in general terms for patients and care partners in the UAE. It is reviewed by Trivita's Medical Director but cannot account for your individual circumstances. Never change a prescription, medication or technique based on this page alone.