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J Girndt

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PubMed1973

Use of Tenckhoff catheter for peritoneal dialysis in terminal renal failure.

Over a period of 33 months a total of 2,146 peritoneal dialyses were carried out by means of indwelling Tenckhoff catheters in 65 patients suffering from terminal renal failure. The patients were maintained on peritoneal dialysis for periods varying from two weeks to 13 months. Treatment over long periods was possible in only a few cases. Infection and clotting, which tended to limit the functional life of the catheters, was reduced by rigid asepsis and by adding heparin to the dialysate. The Tenckhoff catheter was found to be valuable for peritoneal dialysis as a short-term measure, especially in patients in whom haemodialysis was not immediately feasible, in borderline cases when kidney function was not too seriously impaired, and as an alternative to haemodialysis when that was interrupted by complications.

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The renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system, antidiuretic hormone levels and water balance under tocolytic therapy with Fenoterol and Verapamil.

The effects of long-term infusion of fenoterol (a beta 2-sympathomimetic drug) in combination with the calcium antagonist verapamil on water balance, the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system and antidiuretic hormone during pregnancy were studied. Within two hours of the start of infusion, plasma renin and antidiuretic hormone levels were significantly increased, but plasma aldosterone was strongly decreased. There was a concomitant marked reduction of urinary, sodium, and potassium excretion and a decreased creatinine clearance. The long-lasting reduction of urinary excretion which resulted in an elevated water retention is apparently due to other unknown factors. Results are discussed with special regard to the relationship between water balance disturbances and pulmonary edema.

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