BACKGROUND Abiotrophia defectiva is a fastidious aerobic gram-positive bacterium which is part of the normal flora of the human oral cavity. It is an unusual cause of peritoneal dialysis-related peritonitis. CASE PRESENTATION We present a case of a man in his fifties with end-stage renal failure secondary to polycystic kidney disease who presented with a cloudy peritoneal fluid effluent and a...

1. Exchangeable potassium, sulphate space and intracellular fluid have been determined in eight normal males and in seven uraemic male patients on a regime of twice weekly 8 h dialysis. 2. Intracellular water was more closely correlated with exchangeable potassium than were body weight or lean body mass. 3. There was no correlation between exchangeable potassium and plasma or erythrocyte potass...

Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is a well-established form of therapy for stage 5 chronic kidney disease requiring renal replacement therapy. D-Glucose has been used successfully for several decades as the osmotic agent employed in dialysis solutions to achieve adequate fluid removal. The absorption of 100-200 grams of glucose per day has been suggested as potentially increasing cardiometabolic risk, ...

Cranial computed tomographic examinations were performed on 22 patients before and after hemodialysis, and on 11 of those patients 8 months later. In 11 cases widening of the cerebrospinal fluid spaces due to brain atrophy was recognizable. Density measurements disclosed decreased absorption of cerebral parenchyma after dialysis in 73% of the cases. This finding is partly explained by cerebral ...

BACKGROUND Heparin has anti-inflammatory effects and is often added to the peritoneal dialysis fluid to prevent fibrin formation. Conjugation of heparin to the surface of biomaterials has been shown to improve its biocompatibility. In this study, we describe for the first time an experimental chronic peritoneal dialysis model with repeated dwell studies in non-uraemic rats and evaluate the effe...

Peritoneal tuberculosis is a rare but a severe disease in patients undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD). A 60 years old male, who had been the CAPD program during the last 5 months, was admitted to our clinic with fever, loss of appetite, night sweats, cough, weight loss and cloudy dialysate. Mycobacteria cultures of blood and pleural fluid were sterile. Bacterial culture...

Studies on hyaluronate in normal human synovial fluid have been hindered by the high viscosity and small volume of fluid available. Reports on hyaluronate levels in normal synovial fluid, in which a number of different methods have been used, have shown discordant results (1-4). Several methods were used in the present study to determine the hyaluronate content of normal synovial fluid. Weighin...

BACKGROUND Maintaining optimal fluid balance is essential in haemodialysis (HD) patients but clinical evaluation remains problematic. Other technologies such as bioimpedance are emerging as valuable adjuncts. This study was undertaken to explore the potential utility of the natriuretic peptides - atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) and B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) in the assessment of fluid st...

In peritoneal dialysis, the effluent dialysate is the window of the peritoneal cavity and usually allows for a rapid diagnosis of peritonitis and abdominal drama [1]. To our knowledge, there is only one reported case of perforation of the gallbladder in a patient on peritoneal dialysis with gram negative peritonitis [2]. We describe a case of asymptomatic perforated cholecystitis without perito...