Should the Lopot-plot be used in daily practice to optimise hemodialysis treatment?

The paper presents an application of the Lopot-plot, which compares the time-averaged concentration (TAC) and the time-averaged deviation (TAD) of the weekly dialysis cycle, to comprise the results of intensive computational study. The presented case is based on 420 one-week-cycle simulations to verify the consequences implied by the change of the treatments schedule from nonuniformly to uniformly distributed over the week. The concept of steady state is explained and utilized to obtain periodical runs of the urea concentration. The presented graphs encouragingly indicate the potential of such plots in presenting results of multivariable intensive computations that should be advisably performed during the planning process of hemodialysis treatment.