Table 1.

Serum concentrations of parameters of interest

	Reference	Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Day 4
Sodium (mmol/L)	135–145	147	137	136	134
Potassium (mmol/L)	3.5–4.7	3.2	3.9	4.9	4.7
Phosphate (mmol/L)	0.74–1.55	2.53	1.13	1.54	0.69
Glucose (mmol/L)	3.33–5.55	10.6	8.7	5.1	4.6
Creatinine (μmol/L)	45–84	85	153	126	100
AST (U/L)	<32	158	1353	1908	1208
ALT (U/L)	<37	124	374	629	485
Creatine kinase (U/L)	<170	244	19 874	69 885	20 022
pH	7.35–7.45	6.65	7.44	7.47	7.47
Bicarbonate (mmol/L)	18–29	7.5	21.8	22.8	28.4
Lactate (mmol/L)	0.63–2.44	14.9	7.3	1.5	1.4

AST, aspartate transaminase; ALT, alanine transaminase. The concentrations of all parameters were determined ‘before’ haemodialysis.