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Abstract Manipulation of dialysate temperature is an easy maneuver which can change the blood temperature, warm dialysate can increase the body core temperature, resulting in vasodilation and increased mobilization of sequestered toxins to intravascular compartment. The contrary physiological change i.e. vasoconstriction can similarly be induced by cool dialysate (Selby and McIntyre, 2006). The aim of this work was to Study the effect of cold dialysate on dialysis adequacy measured by urea reduction ratio (URR), KT/V and B2 microglobulin serum level and in the mean time post dialysis fatigue in regular hemodialysis patients using dialysis recovery time as a surrogate marker of post dialysis fatigue. To achieve this target, we performed a prospective cross over study included 70 ESRD patients on regular haemodialysis at Menoufia University Hospitals, spanning from October 2022 till October 2023. The study approved by the local Ethical Committee of the Menoufia University to conduct this study and to use facilities in hospitals with Deceleration of Helsinki. Informed written consents obtained from all participants after getting an explanation regarding the purpose of this study before the study initiation. All the studied patients underwent (6) dialysis sessions aday after day: three on cold Dialysate then another three dialysis session day after day on warm Dialysate: (a) cool dialysis with dialysate at 35.5°C, and (b) warm dialysis with dialysate at 37°C. The interval between two study is one month. Pre dialysis blood samples were collected at the start of cold and warm dialysis sessions and post dialysis blood sample were collected at the end of cold and warm Dialysate sessions to quantify the dialysis adequacy and toxin reduction ratio on maximum tolerated blood flow, Dialysate flow 500 ml / min, duration of Hemodialysis session 4 hours, three sessions per week on fersenius machine using high flux dialyzer, The study included patients aged more than 18 years and regularly undergo thrice-weekly hemodialysis for 4 hours per session for more than 3 months. Patients with acute coronary syndrome, arrythmia, chronic heart failure and extreme changes in blood pressure are excluded from this study (Mustafa et al., 2016). All the included patients were subjected to Socio-demographic data, Co-morbidities and clinical examination with emphasize on mean arterial pressure (MAP) and body mass index (BMI). The basic laboratory data at the beginning of the study included complete blood picture (CBC). Corrected serum calcium, phosphorus, intact PTH, serum albumin and Liver function test (SGOT, SGPT), Dialysis adequacy parameters (URR, Kt/v, serum B2microglobulin), assessment of postdialysis fatigue conducted TIRD calculated briefly by patient‘s answers to the following single open-ended question: ‗How long does it take you to recover from a dialysis session?‗ Responses subsequently converted into the number of minutes. (Lindsay et al., 2006) and assessment of fatigue by Piper fatigue scale (Ostlund et al., 2007). |