Encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis—a life-threatening condition treated successfully with adhesiolysis and Jones tube insertion Sir, Encapsulating sclerosing peritonitis, a life-threatening abdominal disease, is characterized by the formation of multiple fibrous adhesions. This leads to a 'cocoon' of fibrous tissue, encapsulating either the small or whole bowel— causing intestinal obstruction. ...

introduction the concentration of substances, including urea, creatinine, and uric acid, can be used as an index to measure toxic uremic solutes in the blood during dialysis and interdialytic intervals. the on-line monitoring of toxin concentration allows for the clearance measurement of some low-molecular-weight solutes at any time during hemodialysis.the aim of this study was to determine the...

secondary clarifiers with large areas are widely applied in wastewater treatment plants. a pilot study was conducted to examine the possibility of applying one and two-stage inclined tube settlers instead of conventional secondary clarifiers. tube diameter in the first stage of the two-stage settler was wide as the conventional ones, but in the second stage, it was narrow to improve the efficie...

Here, we report on a patient with a gram-negative CAPDrelated peritonitis presumably caused by an ascending infection due to fallopian tube capture of the CAPD catheter. An 81-year-old woman with coronary heart disease and end-stage renal disease as a consequence of diabetes mellitus underwent an uncomplicated surgical insertion of a Tenckhoff catheter. After 2 weeks, CAPD was started without d...

In this paper, we present a new technique for collecting pore-water samples in coarseto fine-grained sandy sediments. We have used the technique both for in situ sampling and for pore-water extraction from sediment cores brought back to the laboratory, in both cases with a depth resolution as fine as 1 cm. The key device is a long, thin (;2 mm) stainless steel tube with a specially designed tip...

Encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis—a life-threatening condition treated successfully with adhesiolysis and Jones tube insertion Sir, Encapsulating sclerosing peritonitis, a life-threatening abdominal disease, is characterized by the formation of multiple fibrous adhesions. This leads to a 'cocoon' of fibrous tissue, encapsulating either the small or whole bowel— causing intestinal obstruction. ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The effect of in-hospital education on the adoption of home dialysis (peritoneal dialysis [PD] and home hemodialysis [HHD]) after an unplanned dialysis start is unknown. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, & MEASUREMENTS Clinical demographics of consecutive patients acutely initiating hemodialysis (HD) from January 2005 to December 2009 were abstracted using institutional...