Table 5 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 large pores (αLP) and the contribution of ultrasmall pores (αUP) kept at 0.10.

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

 

αLP

0.03

0.04

0.05

0.06

0.07

0.08

Filtration through LP, %

32.5

40.2

46.8

52.4

57.3

61.4

Filtration through SP, %

65.2

57.8

51.6

46.2

41.5

37.6

Filtration through UP, %

2.2

1.9

1.6

1.4

1.2

1.0

Albumin escape rate, %/h

4.06

4.76

5.35

5.86

6.30

6.69

Globulins escape rate, %/h

2.55

3.16

3.68

4.12

4.50

4.82

Mean capillary pressure, mmHg

17.80

16.55

15.43

14.43

13.53

12.73

Interstitial-to-plasma albumin ratio

0.37

0.44

0.49

0.54

0.58

0.62

Interstitial-to-plasma globulins ratio

0.24

0.29

0.34

0.38

0.41

0.45