Turbid Peritoneal Fluid

Turbid Peritoneal Fluid.

and pseudochylous ascites. Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis is suggested by a predominance of polymorphonuclear cells, a positive Gram stain or a positive culture.1 Chylous ascites refers to increased concentration of triglycerides (>200mg/dL)2 in the peritoneal fluid, typically the result of traumatic lymphatic obstruction, tumor, tuberculosis, filariasis, congenital abnormalities or nephroti...

Neutrophil mobilization into peritoneal fluid.

Peritoneal fluid titer test for peritoneal dialysis-related peritonitis.

Standard microbiological tests (i.e., MIC) do not account for the unique factors of peritoneal dialysis (PD)-related peritonitis which can significantly influence treatment response. Our goals were to develop a peritoneal fluid titer (PFT) test and to conduct a pilot study of its association with clinical outcome. The methodology was developed by using spent dialysate collected from patients wi...

Peritoneal dialysis fluid-induced changes of the peritoneal membrane are reversible after peritoneal rest in rats.

BACKGROUND Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is associated with functional and structural alterations of the peritoneal membrane. However, the (ir)reversibility of these pathological changes of the peritoneum is not understood fully. METHODS In an experimental PD model, rats (n = 15) received daily 10 ml conventional glucose containing PD fluid, via peritoneal catheters connected to implanted subcutan...

On the Origin of Peritoneal Fluid Cells.

F REE CELLS of the peritoneal fluid have been studied extensively with respect to their morphology and staining characteristics as well as to their immunologic competence,4 and recently they have been shown to have hemopoietic activity.79 Cells from human subjects do not differ morphologically from those from various laboratory animals, including rodents,#{176} and immunologic function of these...