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Periodic Peritoneal Dialysis in Chronic Renal Insufficiency
- C. F. GUTCH, M.D., F.A.C.P.;
- S. C. STEVENS, PH.D.; and
- F. L. WATKINS, R.N.
- Requests for reprints should be addressed to C. F. Gutch, M.D., Veterans Administration Hospital, Lincoln 1, Nebraska.
Excerpt
Intermittent peritoneal dialysis provides an alternative method to periodic hemodialysis for maintaining the activity of some persons with chronic renal failure. A number of reports (1-4) are available concerning the successful application of repeated hemodialysis. But most of the information on peritoneal dialysis to date has been obtained from lavage procedures lasting only for periods of hours to a few days (5-8).
Investigations relative to the effect of long-term peritoneal dialysis on the peritoneum, and on the clinical and physiologic responses of the body as a whole, are beginning to be reported (9-15). An opportunity to study this problem was
This 100-word excerpt has been provided in the absence of an abstract.
Acknowledgment
Mr. Darrell Hermann, Veterans Administration Hospital, Lincoln, Nebraska, assisted in the preparation of the graphs. The final charts were made by the Medical Illustrations Service, Veterans Administration Hospital, Omaha, Nebraska.
Addendum
The technique of peritoneal dialysis described has been employed with ten other persons in chronic renal insufficiency for periods of 1 to 3 months. Comparison of the polyvinyl catheter with a similar model made of Silastic* is in progress. Analysis of this data has not been completed.
Summario in Interlingua
Un masculo de 29 annos de etate con insufficientia renal como conquentia de pyelonephritis esseva tractate durante un periodo de dece menses per intermittente dialyse peritonee. Esseva usate un simple catheter polyvinylic, sin tubo de accesso e sin conducto peritonee. Un tal catheter esseva in sito durante 110 dies sin reimplaciamento. Nulle peritonitis clinic se disveloppava. Le patiente perdeva rapidemente quando hemodialyse periodic esseva substituite post que hemorrhagia intra-abdominal habeva rendite impossibile le continue uso del accesso peritonee.
Es presentate datos que defini le curso del tension sanguinee, del massa erythrocytic, e del proteinas seral e le quantitates de aqua e de metabolitos eliminate per le dialyse peritonee. Datos in re le clearance peritonee a intervallos durante le curso del dialyse es presentate. Esseva constate nulle reduction in le clearance de metabolitos durante le periodo de observation.
Article and Author Information
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From the Medical Service and Dialysis Unit, Veterans Administration Hospital, Lincoln, Nebraska.
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- Received August 5, 1963.
- Accepted November 18, 1963.
