A case of peritonitis caused by Roseomonas gilardii in a patient receiving continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis is presented. The patient's domestic water supply was implicated as the probable source of infection. This is the first report of R. gilardii causing such an infection.

When compared to intermittent dialysis, the theoretical advantages of continuous dialysis may be less important than its practical disadvantage: the inability to accurately quantify dialysis. With intermittent dialysis the change in blood urea nitrogen over the course of the treatment allows the ratio of K (urea clearance) to V (volume of distribution of urea or total body water) to be determin...

Some plant extracts showed the ability to retard the diffusion of glucose across the dialysis tube. The present study was designed to investigate the effect of aqueous and ethanolic extracts of Teucrium polium (T. polium) on glucose movement across the dialysis tube. The T. polium powder was dissolved in ethanol and distilled water. Then glucose was added to make a final concentration of 0.2 – ...

After cardiovascular causes, infectious diseases are the next most common cause of death for dialysis patients. The Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy reported an increased standardized mortality of 7.5-fold [95% confidence limits (CI) 7.3–7.6] for infectious diseases between 2008 and 2009 compared with the general Japanese population. The increased mortality rates for dialysis patients were...

The significance of endotoxin-free, sterile dialysis fluid for long-term, high-quality hemodialysis treatment is obvious and highly desired[MF1] . current study aimed to determine endotoxin the water quality used in twenty centers. Eighty samples (40 x dialysates 40 water) were tested using LAL gel clot method. results revealed a variation produced that makes it unaccepted compared internationa...

To the Editor: In their review article on water balance, Knepper et al. (April 2 issue)1 discuss water channels (aquaporins) in renal tubular cells. They omit mention of the critical role played by aquaporin-1 in microvascular endothelia. In the renal microvasculature, endothelial aquaporin-1 mediates the osmotic water efflux across descending vasa recta and is required for regulation of medull...

Backgrounds: Patients with maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) have a high risk of cardiovascular disease, which is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality. The aim of the present study was to explore the relationship between the sodium gradient and the water load of MHD patients. Methods: Eighty one MHD patients were selected in the study. The serum sodium concentration, sodium gradient, inter...

OBJECTIVES This study sought to investigate clinical and echocardiographic correlates of the lung comets score. BACKGROUND Early detection of pulmonary congestion is a fundamental goal for the prevention of congestive heart failure in high-risk patients. METHODS We undertook an inclusive survey by a validated ultrasound (US) technique in a hemodialysis center to estimate the prevalence of p...

The first objective of this study was to validate the use of water at 85°C ± 5°C to achieve high-level disinfection of a clean-in-place extracorporeal dialysis circuit. The second objective was to demonstrate that applying this hot water method to the entire fluid pathways of a newly designed dialysis instrument, including an integral reverse-osmosis membrane, routinely allowed the production o...