Table 3.

Loss of amino acids in various dialysis techniques^23–25

S. no	Type of dialysis	Protein/amino acid loss
1	Hemodialysis with low flux, cuprophane membrane	• Loss of 10–13 g amino acid per dialysis
2	Hemodialysis with high-flux dialyzers	• 8 g of free amino acid per session
3	Continuous RRT	• Protein loss of 1.3 g/L of output.
		• For 50 L of output per day the loss is up to 65 g/day
4	Peritoneal dialysis	• Average loss of 9.6 g protein per 24 hours in peritoneal fluid
5	Peritoneal dialysis with peritonitis	• Average loss of 15.1 g protein per 24 hours in peritoneal fluid