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Table 3 Summary of the urea and creatinine concentrations at the inlet and exit as obtained from experiments. Roller pump without afterload is used in cases 21-25 and the WAK pump (with afterload) is used in cases 31, 32 and 35

From: An experimental and numerical study of the flow and mass transfer in a model of the wearable artificial kidney dialyzer

 

BUN (mg/dL)

Creatinine (mg/dL)

 

Blood

Dialysate

Blood

Dialysate

Inlet (mg/dL)

118

0

4.5

0

Case 21

73

95

3.0

3.1

Case 22

68

95

2.7

3.1

Case 23

56

88

2.3

2.9

Case 24

60

100

2.4

3.5

Case 25

61

99

2.4

3.6

Inlet (mg/dL)

38

0

6.8

0

Case 31

24

31

4.9

5.1

Case 32

8

21

2.1

3.5

Case 35

4

18

0.7

3.2