Table 6.

Small solute clearances in uremic pigs WAK V1.0 vs. WAK V1.1

Results	V 1.0 (n = 12)	V 1.1 (n = 6)	Units	P value
Effective urea clearance	24.5 ± 9.8	37.0 ± 7.3	[ml/min]	0.0140
Effective creatinine clearance	18.5 ± 3.2	27.0 ± 4.0	[ml/min]	0.0001
Effective potassium clearance	32.6 ± 7.1	50.3 ± 14.0	[ml/min]	0.0024
Effective phosphate clearance	13.9 ± 1.8	23.1a	[ml/min]	N/A
Effective urea removal	22.0 ± 8.2	31.3 ± 7.9	[mg/min]	0.0357
Effective creatinine removal	1.5 ± 0.2	2.4 ± 0.3	[mg/min]	0.0005
Effective phosphate removal	1.4 ± 0.2	2.5a	[mg/min]	N/A
Effective potassium removal	1.9 ± 0.4	11.0 ± 2.9	[mg/min]	<0.0001
Hourly Kt/V	0.040 ± 0.004	0.045 ± 0.002	N/A	N/A

8 h of WAK dialysis, in anesthetized uremic pigs. WAK, wearable artificial kidney.

^aData available for one pig only, with average concentration in/out 11.01/5.83 mg/dl, average hematocrit 33%, average blood.