Table 2

Response to plasma carnitine depletion

Plasma total carnitine concentration^2-a
Pre-dialysis	73 μM
Immediately post-dialysis	37 μM
Net loss of carnitine by patient^2-b	0.63 mmol
Percentage of tissue carnitine pool shifted to extracellular to replenish losses^2-b	0.5%

↵2-a Data from Guarnieri et al., 1987.
↵2-b Based on 70 kg of body weight, 25% body weight as extracellular fluid and tissue carnitine content per kilogram (see Table 1). Assumes no carnitine intake or biosynthesis over dialysis interval.