BACKGROUND Proper monitoring for volume overload is important to improve prognosis in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients. The association between volume status and residual renal function (RRF) remains an unresolved issue. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the association between the edema index and survival or RRF in incident PD patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS We identified all adul...

The following study had two objectives: first, the examination of the question whether or not sucrose can be substituted for inulin in the measurement of the extracellular fluid in man; and second, the determination of how rapidly equilibrium distribution can be attained. The use of an inulin infusion technique to measure the extracellular fluid in dog and man was initiated by Gaudino, Schwartz...

BACKGROUND Animal models are necessary to study the mechanism underlying the effects of exercise on depression but an effective procedure for exercise treatment and exercise effects on physiological parameters in a specific depression model need to be characterized. METHODS Physiological parameters including lactate, partial pressue of O₂ (pO₂) and CO₂ (pCO₂) saturated O₂ (sO₂), pH, HCO₃, tot...

The volumes of distribution of a number of substances of widely varying molecular size and chemical properties, including sulfate, thiosulfate, mannitol, sucrose, and inulin, have been found to represent 15 to 25 per cent of body weight of man, dog, and other mammals. The apparently equal volumes of distribution of these dissimilar substances has suggested that the distribution of each of these...