An outbreak of acute liver failure occurred at a dialysis center in Caruaru, Brazil (8 degrees 17' S, 35 degrees 58' W), 134 km from Recife, the state capital of Pernambuco. At the clinic, 116 (89%) of 131 patients experienced visual disturbances, nausea, and vomiting after routine hemodialysis treatment on 13-20 February 1996. Subsequently, 100 patients developed acute liver failure, and of th...

data suggest that dialysis treatment should be initiated The CANUSA study group included 14 centres in earlier, that the total weekly clearance of small molecuNorth America; 10 in Canada and four in the US. lar weight solutes should be considerably higher than There were 680 new CAPD or continuous cyclic periis current practice and that higher peritoneal transport toneal dialysis (CCPD) patient...

BACKGROUND Despite its importance, total body water (TBW) is usually estimated rather than measured due to the complexity of isotope dilution methods. The aim of this study was to demonstrate the applicability in haemodialysis (HD) patients of a recently developed on-line breath test, previously validated in healthy subjects, that uses the gold standard deuterium dilution method to measure TBW....

T he greatest benefit of peritoneal dialysis (PD) is the continuous nature of the therapy, which results in steady-state levels of electrolytes as well as fluid and acid–base balance. A continuous sodium removal reduces water intake and makes appropriate fluid management possible, even if the ultrafiltration (UF) volume is small. Peritoneal dialysis is also beneficial in maintaining residual re...

Dialysis of three major lipoprotein fractions from human serum, Sr20-1W, SP20, and -SI.SOO16, against low concentrations of cupric ion is associated with accelerated chemical alteration of polyunsaturated fatty acids and cholesterol. Leas extensive changes in these acids were observed during dialysis against ion-free water. Reaction products of these chemical alterations were irreversibly retai...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES In automated peritoneal dialysis (APD), a patient's peritoneal membrane is more intensively exposed to fresh dialysate than it is in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD). Our aim was to study, in incident peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients, the influence of APD-compared with that of CAPD-on peritoneal transport over 4 years. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, ...

In the presence of normal renal function, a high concentration of aluminum in drinking water has been implicated as a factor in the etiology of a neurological syndrome in one specific geographical area. The role of aluminum as a toxic agent in other neurological disorders, where renal function is normal, is controversial. Aluminum is absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract and is normally excr...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Cycler-assisted peritoneal dialysis (CCPD) has been associated with decreased sodium removal compared with continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) as a result of peritoneal sodium sieving during the short dwells that are associated with CCPD. This may have adverse consequences for management of extracellular fluid volume (ECFV). This study compared ECFV in pat...

Osmotic water transport across the peritoneal membrane is applied during peritoneal dialysis to remove the excess water accumulated in patients with end-stage renal disease. The discovery of aquaporin water channels and the generation of transgenic animals have stressed the need for novel and accurate methods to unravel molecular mechanisms of water permeability in vivo. Here, we describe the u...

introduction: peritoneal dialysis is an established form of renal replacement therapy used in many patients with end – stage renal disease . peritoneal dialysis has different complications this study was conducted in order to evaluate its complications and different survival probabilities of factors in shahid rahnemoon hospital . methods: in this retrospective, historical cohort study, reports ...