Table 4 Transcapillary water and protein transport (from blood to tissues) under pre-dialysis steady-state conditions with different fractions of total hydraulic conductivity (LpS) contributed by ultrasmall pores (αUP) and the contribution of large pores (αLP) kept at 0.05.

From: Transcapillary transport of water, small solutes and proteins during hemodialysis

 

αUP

0.05

0.10

0.20

0.30

0.40

0.50

Filtration through LP, %

46.7

46.8

47.2

47.5

48.0

48.6

Filtration through SP, %

52.6

51.6

49.4

47.1

44.6

42.2

Filtration through UP, %

0.8

1.6

3.5

5.4

7.4

9.2

Albumin escape rate, %/h

5.37

5.35

5.33

5.31

5.29

5.28

Globulins escape rate, %/h

3.66

3.68

3.70

3.73

3.77

3.81

Mean capillary pressure, mmHg

15.38

15.43

15.52

15.63

15.76

15.92

Interstitial-to-plasma albumin ratio

0.50

0.49

0.49

0.49

0.49

0.49

Interstitial-to-plasma globulins ratio

0.34

0.34

0.34

0.34

0.35

0.35