This review provides an overview of recent studies that show the clinical significance of biocompatibility of peritoneal dialysis fluids.

Pericardial effusions from 47 patients were examined for cancer cells. Fluids from 13 of the 15 patients with neoplasm involving the pericardium were decisively "positive." There were no false positive reports. Three patients had malignancy localized to the chest, but not metastatic to the pericardium. Ef-fusions from these three patients contained no tumor cells. The accumulation of fluid in a...

conclusions the results of this meta-analysis show that colloid fluids can increase the successful resuscitation rate compared to crystalloid fluids especially in traumatic and hypovolemic patients.some of the colloids like albumin and dextran have a positive effect on reducing the mortality rate but others like hetastarch (hes) increase the mortality rate compared to normal saline (ns). result...

Background: Aspiration of coelomic fluids from coelomic cavities is a simple and relatively, non-invasive technique to achieve a diagnosis. Pleural effusion, pericardial effusion and peritoneal effusion are commonly encountered problem by general physicians and chest physician. Effusion often present as a common diagnostic dilemma as no cause can be found in many cases inspite of careful evalua...

Alternating current (AC) electrokinetics is a collection of processes for manipulating bulk fluid mass and embedded objects with AC electric fields. The ability of AC electrokinetics to implement the major microfluidic operations, such as pumping, mixing, concentration, and separation, makes it possible to develop integrated systems for clinical diagnostics in nontraditional health care setting...

background different methods are used for adequate fluid intake assessment, while there is no standard method for adequate fluid intake assessment. objectives the current pilot study aimed to evaluate the amount, type and frequency of fluids consumption to determine the correlation between three- and seven-day records. methods this pilot cross-sectional study was done on 30 adult subjects in ah...

AIM To investigate the effect of fasting times for clear fluids and solids/non-clear fluids on gastric content volume using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). METHODS Pediatric patients undergoing diagnostic MRI under deep propofol sedation, with the stomach located within the area of diagnostic study, were included in this clinical observational study. According to standard institutional guid...

The most important challenge in peritoneal dialysis (PD) is long-term preservation of peritoneal membrane structure and function. Introduction of dialysis fluids into the peritoneal cavity induces changes. These changes are related to duration of dialysis, occurrence of peritonitis and components of the dialysis solution. Bioincompatibility is considered to be the major cause of the development...

introduction & objective: adequate and proper hydration during surgery is one of the duties of anesthesiologist. based on the different effects of dextrose–containing fluids and dextrose-free fluids on the level of blood sugar, we decided to evaluate the effects of these fluids on the blood sugar level after short-term surgeries. materials & methods: one hundred patients who were scheduled for ...