Cactus crow
Joined: 17 Feb 2003
Posts: 8
PostPosted: Mon Jun 30, 2003 3:22 am Post subject: Have you ever been.....
...ran past your prescribed tx time? For the last five months I have been getting extra time added to my run time and my Dr. has nothing to do with it.<
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>I dialyze for four hours and fifhteen minutes. Last Friday I was ran for four and a half hours. When my wife inquired about the extra time they said they didn't know and the tech who started me wasn't there which was a lie because she never left!<
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>Is this a common thing in dialysis?
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cks
Joined: 30 Jun 2003
Posts: 12
PostPosted: Mon Jun 30, 2003 8:05 am Post subject: Extra time
Did you switch machines five months ago? Some machines stop the clock during an alarm - conductivity out of range for instance - while other machines will keep the clock running. For instance on the Cobe Century III if you have a four hour run, your run will be over 240 minutes after your run begins. On a Fresenius your run could be over 250 minutes after it begins depending on the alarms during treatment. The Aksys also stops the clock during the backflush process so that a four hour run would require being hooked to the machine for over 270 minutes.
