We describe a method to produce bicarbonate-based dialysates containing approximately 100 mg/dl ethanol by introducing the alcohol into one of the dialysate concentrate solutions geared for the production of bicarbonate-based dialysates.

Comparisons of technique success by peritoneal dialysis (PD) modality have typically excluded the initial 90 days of therapy. We analyzed a database of 51,469 new PD starts from 2004 to 2008 in the United States. The analysis concentrated on the initial 90 days of therapy to determine technique success and the impact of the continuous ambulatory PD (CAPD) and automated PD (APD) modalities. Over...

BACKGROUND The feasibility of anticoagulating the extracorporeal circuit during haemodialysis using a simple citrate-enriched dialysate was evaluated in a prospective, randomised, cross-over study of 24 patients who were at high risk for bleeding. METHODS A dialysate, with a citrate level of 3 mEq/L (1 mmol/L), was generated by adding citrate to the conventional liquid 'bicarbonate concentrat...

Pyrogenic reactions (PR) are a well-recognized complication of hemodialysis and have been associated with dialyzer reuse, high-flux dialysis, and bicarbonate dialysate. However, the roles of bacteria and endotoxin in dialysate for producing PR are not well defined. To determine the effect of removing most bacteria and endotoxin from the dialysate on the incidence of PR, a cohort of chronic hemo...

Cashew apple juice has the potential to be a natural source of vitamin C and sugar in processed foods. The juice of the cashew apple is obtained by pressing the fleshy peduncle or receptacle, which forms a rounded apple that sits above the true fruit, the cashew nut. Cashew nut allergy is the second most commonly reported tree nut allergy in the United States. To determine if cashew apple juice...

This method was developed for the determination of trace amounts of aluminum(III) in dialysis concentrates using atomic absorption spectrometry after coprecipitation with lanthanum phosfate. The analytical parameters that influenced the quantitave coprecipitation of analyte including amount of lanthanum, amount of phosfate, pH and duration time were optimized. The % recoveries of the analyte io...

Since first described in 1966 the acute postpartum haemolyticuraemic syndrome (HUS) has been reported in over 40 cases by various authors.' In view of the poor prognosis despite treatment with dialysis, immunosuppression and heparin, streptokinase, dipyridamol, acetylsalicylic acid, or corticosteroids, alone or combined, we report a case in which treatment with a concentrate of antithrombin III...

Methods This study was undertaken to find out the cause of bacteremias in patients undergoing haemodialysis in Medical Intensive Care unit (MICU) in our hospital.These patients developed fever ,leukocytosis post haemodialysis and Blood cultures were positive . A total of 140 samples consisting of 64 Reverse Osmosis( RO )water samples from RO Water port in MICU and Dialysis unit., 56 dialysate s...