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Peritoneal Dialysis in Diabetic End-Stage Renal Disease
The management of diabetic patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) has undergone significant changes over the past few decades. Diabetics with extensive co-morbid diseases are generally accepted for chron...
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Monitoring the Functional Status of the Peritoneum
The integrity of the peritoneal membrane is essential for long-term treatment of peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients. Unlike an artificial kidney used for hemodialysis, the peritoneal membrane consists of living...
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Peritoneal dialysis in diabetic end-stage renal disease
The management of diabetic patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) has undergone significant changes over the past 20 years. In countries with adequate socioeconomic conditions, even diabetics with extens...
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Peritoneal lymphatics
The peritoneal lymphatics serve as a route for continuous absorption of fluids and solutes from the peritoneal cavity by convective flow [1, 2]. The important role of lymphatic drainage from the peritoneal cav...
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Regional Cerebral Blood Flow Trends in Head Injured Patients with Focal Contusions and Cerebral Edema
Focal contusions following head injury may be associated with focal or diffuse cerebral edema. Early global hyperemia and perifocal hyperemia may play a role in cerebral edema, although causal relationships ha...
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Magnetic fields in thin accretion disks around black holes
We study magnetic field topologies and magnetic field strength in a thin accretion disk around a rotating black hole. The magnetic field is assumed to enter the disk at the outer edge and is amplified in the a...
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The Role of EBNA Proteins as a Target for EBV-Specific T Cell Lysis
Studies in recent years have focussed on EBNA proteins as a major site of LYDMA molecules. Two separate technologies have demonstrated that EBNA proteins include CTL epitopes. Firstly, recombinant vaccinia vir...
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Impact of Increasing Intraperitoneal Volume on Left Ventricular Function in Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis Patients
Twardowski and others have demonstrated that high-volume, low-frequency continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) can produce solute clearances comparable to those associated with traditional CAPD.(1) Litt...
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One-Year Experience with Swan-Neck Missouri 2 Catheter
Four major complications of peritoneal dialysis catheters include: external cuff extrusion, obstruction (usually a sequela of catheter-tip migration out of the true pelvis with subsequent omental wrap**), ex...
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Tidal Peritoneal Dialysis
Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) patients are being frequently transferred to nightly peritoneal dialysis (NPD) because of complications related to high intraabdominal pressure and/or high peri...
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Neostigmine Increases Net Ultrafiltration and Solute Clearances in Peritoneal Dialysis by Reducing Lymphatic Absorption
Peritoneal cavity lymphatic absorption significantly reduces net ultrafiltration (UF) and solute clearances in peritoneal dialysis.(1,2) Lymphatic absorption from the peritoneal cavity occurs primarily via the su...
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Lymphatic Absorption in Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis Patients with Normal and High Transperitoneal Glucose Transport
Ultrafiltration (UF) in peritoneal dialysis is induced by the osmotic pressure of the hypertonic dextrose dialysis solution. The progressive loss of peritoneal UF capacity observed in some continuous ambulator...
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The Kinetics of Ultrafiltration during Peritoneal Dialysis in Rats The Role of Lymphatics
It is known that fluid, cells, and particulate matter can be absorbed from the peritoneal cavity via subdiaphragmatic lymphatics.(1–3) The diaphragmatic contractions generate convective flow of lymphatic contents...
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Successful Use of CAPD in Refractory Heart Failure
Four patients with end-stage heart failure, massive ascites refractory to medical intervention, and a variable degree of renal failure were treated successfully with CAPD for 8 to 24 months. The New York Heart...
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Two Years Experience with High Volume Low Frequency CAPD
Thirty-nine stable CAPD patients were challenged with 3 L volume exchanges. Long term tolerance to this high volume dialysis was observed in 30% of patients. Taller and heavier patients tolerated large volumes...
