Immunisation against varicella in end stage and pre-end stage renal failure

Immunisation against varicella in end stage and pre-end stage renal failure. Trans-Pennine Paediatric Nephrology Study Group.

OBJECTIVES To investigate the seroconversion rate and duration of persistence of protective antibody titres after varicella immunisation in children with renal failure. DESIGN 32 children (25 end stage and 7 pre-end stage renal failure) were immunised using 2 x 2,000 plaque forming unit doses of varicella vaccine 3 months apart. Varicella antibody titres were measured by enzyme linked immunos...

Hydrothorax and end-stage chronic renal failure.

(Cheat 1991; 99:1010-11) T he patient is a 63-year-old woman with end-stage renal failure due to analgesic nephropathy. This was diagnosed in January, 1986 during treatment for high grade lymphoma (parotidectomy and chemotherapy). In July, 1987 the serum creatinine level reached 915 micromolfL. A Tenckoffcatheter was inserted and continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) was started at a...

End stage renal failure--dilemmas and hope!

Acidosis in end-stage renal failure.

K.M.L. Leunissen, MD, PhD, University Hospital Maastricht, Department of Internal Medicine, PO Box 5800, NL-6202 AZ Maastricht (The Netherlands) Acidosis has been identified as one of the uremic toxins. Renal acidosis may contribute to renal osteodystrophy [1] and decreased myocardial contractility [2]. Furthermore, animal experimental studies proved that acidosis plays a pivotal role in the ac...

Prevention of end stage renal failure.

mutual incomprehension is far from inevitable. Indeed, Popper demonstrates that in science competing paradigms may continue side by side for long periods of time, and that new paradigms do not obliterate old ones, but rather incorporate them into more successful models.7 Although the variously constructed models for the health service are political rather than scientific, the principle of adapt...