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Automated peritoneal dialysis
Automated peritoneal dialysis (APD) is a broad term that is used to refer to all forms of peritoneal dialysis (PD) employing a mechanical device to assist in the delivery and drainage of the dialysate [1]. Amo...
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Fluid and Electrolyte Disorders in the Surgical Patient
The number of surgical procedures that are done each year now totals in the tens of millions (1). As medical science continues to advance, new surgical procedures are being developed, older procedures are beco...
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Renal Transplantation in Systemic Inherited and Metabolic Disease
The ever-growing success of renal transplantation in the treatment of end-stage renal disease has encouraged nephrologists and transplant surgeons to broaden its application. Previously reserved for the young,...
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Hypercalcemia and the Kidney
Infrequently, the kidney may be involved in the etiology of hypercalcemia as might occur in diuretic-induced hypercalcemia (1) or the hypercalcemia of adrenal insufficiency (2), in which hypocalciuria and sodi...
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The Kidney in Systemic Disease
A wide variety of systemic diseases have injurious effects on the kidney. As in the previous edition of this volume, we will restrict our review to multiorgan disorders which affect the renal microvasculature ...
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The Kidney in Systemic Disease
By virtue of the fact that they receive 25% of the blood pumped by the heart during any time interval, and that they process over 150 liters of ultrafiltrate of plasma everyday, the kidneys are often victims o...
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Effect of Serum Calcium on Phosphate Transport
An effect of serum calcium on renal phosphate excretion has been invoked by a number of investigators both in experimental animals and in man. These effects are complex and may be attributable to changes in th...
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Calcium (Ca) Mediated Phosphate (PO4) Transport in the Proximal Convoluted Tubule (PCT) of the Rabbit
Several clearance studies have suggested a direct effect of calcium (Ca) on phosphate (PO4) handling by the kidney. Micropuncture studies by Amiel and colleagues1 have shown enhancement of fractional phosphate re...
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Respiratory Acid-Base Disorders
Acid-base homeostasis is the result of a delicate balance between intake - ingestion and production - and excretion of acids and of bases. In humans, consuming an acid ash diet, intermediate metabolism results...
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Hypocalcemia and Hypercalcemia
Calcium is the fifth most abundant inorganic element of the body, the principal component of the human skeleton, and a vital participant in normal neuromuscular function, blood coagulation, membrane function, ...
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1,25-Dihydroxycholecalciferol (Calcitriol): Effect on Phosphate (PO4) Absorption by Isolated Pars Recta
Phosphate handling by the kidney is influenced by a number of factors including extracellular fluid volume, plasma calcium concentration, bicarbonate administration, parathyroid hormone, and dietary phosphate ...
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Effects of Diuretics on Calcium Metabolism
In addition to their known effects on sodium metabolism diuretic agents also exert profound effects on calcium metabolism. A substantial body of data bearing on this subject, some of which conflicting, has now...
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Influence of Calcium on Renal Handling of Phosphate
The renal handling of phosphate is homeostatically controlled by a number of hormonal and nonhormonal stimuli—acting directly upon the renal tubule or indirectly by altering the metabolism of this ion elsewher...
