chest tube (ct) or tube thoracostomy placement is often indicated following traumatic injuries. premature movement of the chest tube leads to increased hospital complications and costs for patients. placement of a chest tube is indicated in drainage of blood, bile, pus, drain air, and other fluids. although there is a general agreement for the placement of a chest tube, there is little consensu...

Malnutrition is a common problem in chronic dialysis patients. There are several methods for nutritional assessment of hemodialysis patients, such as calculation of urea generation rate. As urea is produced from proteins catabolism and there is a linear correlation between urea generation and protein catabolic rate (PCR), PCR can be calculated by considering urea nitrogen appearence during the ...

conclusions the current study indicates increased risk for hcv infection in patients under dialysis and its relation with the mean duration of hemodialysis, history of renal transplantation and surgical intervention. considering the immune deficiency in these patients, intense education to both patients and medical staff will be beneficial. patients and methods a retrospective analysis was perf...

as the world’s population continues to age, practitioners encounter increasing numbers of older patients with end-stage renal disease (esrd) who require renal replacement therapy (rrt). conservative management may be considered in older patients and has been shown to offer comparable survival rates and hospital-free days to rrt patients. at present, for those who choose rrt, hemodialysis is the...

ABSTR ACT: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) introduces a unique set of nutritional challenges for the growing and developing child. This article addresses initial evaluation and ongoing assessment of a child with CKD. It aims to provide an overview of nutritional challenges unique to a pediatric patient with CKD and practical management guidelines. Caloric assessment in children with CKD is critica...

The sequence and structural selectivity of 15 different DNA binding agents was explored using a novel, thermodynamically rigorous, competition dialysis procedure. In the competition dialysis method, 13 different nucleic acid structures were dialyzed against a common ligand solution. More ligand accumulated in the dialysis tube containing the structural form with the highest ligand binding affin...