... ·m -2 , P < 0.001) and a higher plasma NO 2 - /NO 3 - concentration (96±14 versus 33±4 ; μ mol, P < 0.01) than controls. These values did not differ between patients on haemodialysis and those on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. Patients with chronic renal failure had significantly...

... immunoreactive leptin was measured in four groups of subjects: haemodialysis, continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis and renal transplant patients and a group of healthy controls. Leptin was also measured before and after a single dialysis session. 3. There was a strong correlation between plasma...

...Jorma T. Lahtela; Jukka Mustonen; Amos Pasternack 1. The metabolic effects of intraperitoneal and subcutaneous insulin delivery were compared in a crossover manner in six C-peptide-negative diabetic patients with end-stage renal disease on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. Each treatment...

...E. Lamb; W. R. Cattell; A. Dawnay 1. Chronic use of hyperosmolar glucose solutions in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis may cause glycation of peritoneal structural proteins which could contribute to membrane dysfunction and ultrafiltration failure. To determine whether glycation can occur...

...A. Heaton; R. Taylor; D. G. Johnston; M. K. Ward; R. Wilkinson; K. G. M. M. Alberti 1. A three-step hyperinsulinaemic euglycaemic clamp was performed in six uraemic patients before dialysis and after 3 months of treatment with continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis, and in seven matched normal...

... of the renin-angiotensin system and acute-phase proteins during infectious peritonitis in patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. 3. RS was measured by both an enzymatic assay and a direct radioimmunoassay. An enzymatic assay measures intact RS only, whereas a direct radioimmunoassay measures...

...T. H. J. Goodship; S. Lloyd; M. B. Clague; K. Bartlett; M. K. Ward; R. Wilkinson 1. Nutritional status and leucine turnover has been measured in ten patients with chronic renal failure before the onset of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) and after 3 months treatment, and in five...

...A. Heaton; M. K. Ward; D. G. Johnston; K. G. M. M. Alberti; D. N. S. Kerr 1. Six patients established on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis entered a trial of treatment with dialysis fluid containing glycerol instead of glucose as the osmotic agent in an attempt to decrease the energy load...

... in nine patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) who had previously been treated with intermittent peritoneal dialysis (IPD) (eight patients) or dietary restriction (one patient). 2. The patients who received haemodialysis had a partially compensated metabolic acidosis before treatment...