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Adding urine to a standard buffered fibrinogen solution and then coagulating it with thrombin gives reproducible coagulation times with normal urines. Coagulation of fibrinogen by thrombin is prolonged in acid solutions with a pH below six. Urines of high acidity lower the buffer pH of the fibrinogen solution below a value of six thus rendering the system uncoagulable or significantly prolonging the coagulation time. With this test system we found that out of 16 severe homograft rejections 15 were accompanied by a high acid excretion in six-hour urine specimens. Ten of these acid episodes became apparent 12 to 48 hr before clinical symptoms and before elevation of the serum creatinine could be detected.
Proc Eur Dial Transplant Assoc 1975
PMID:A simple test for early detection of severe renal homograft rejection. 0 Jun 67

The successful development of peritoneal dialysis (PD) during the last two decades has been made possible by using well-established glucose-based solutions with lactate as buffer. On the other hand, awareness has been increasing about the potentially negative effects of the high concentrations of glucose and lactate, and the low pH of conventional PD solutions. This awareness has prompted an intensive effort to search for and test alternative solutions. As a result, three new, more biocompatible solutions-containing either less glucose or less lactate--are available. Amino acid-based solution uses amino acids instead of glucose as the osmotic agent; it is indicated for treatment of malnutrition. The higher pH and absence of glucose in this solution may prevent alterations of the peritoneal membrane caused by acidity and high glucose concentrations. Bicarbonate/lactate-buffered solution contains a physiologic concentration of bicarbonate and a reduced concentration of lactate; it also has a physiologic pH and markedly reduced levels of glucose degradation products (GDPs). Icodextrin-based solution contains icodextrin as the osmotic agent; it is indicated for long dwells, delivering sustained ultrafiltration for more than 16 hours. This iso-osmolar glucose-free solution may reduce peritoneal membrane alterations caused by glucose or the hyperosmolality (or both) of conventional solutions. Clinical experience of the new solutions is now extensive, and their efficacy and safety are well documented. It therefore seems appropriate to state that we have entered a new era of PD therapy. Each of the new solutions may be less damaging to the peritoneal membrane than conventional solution. In addition, they permit better management of malnutrition and fluid status, and may thus help to improve PD patient survival. Although the effects of each of these new solutions have been well described, clinical documentation of the combined use of these new biocompatible PD solutions is still insufficient. However, the results of studies are expected, during the coming years, to support the combined use of the new solutions as the preferred standard practice for PD.
Perit Dial Int 2000
PMID:Biocompatibility of new peritoneal dialysis solutions: clinical experience. 1122 12

The proportion of the daily ingested aluminium that is absorbed in the intestinal tract has remained a matter of debate for many years because no reliable method of measurement was available. Studies with earlier analytic techniques reported fractional absorption of aluminium from as little as 0.001% to as much as 27% of an oral dose. Measurement of (26)Al by high-energy accelerator mass spectrometry has permitted more accurate analyses. In normal young rats, 0.05-0.1% of ingested aluminium is absorbed in the intestine, of which roughly half goes to the skeleton within 2 h, whereas the remaining half is excreted in the urine, most of it within 48 h. Deposition in organs other than the skeleton appears to be negligible. In healthy human volunteers, the most recent estimates of fractional intestinal (26)Al absorption were also in the range of 0.06-0.1%. In both rats and humans, intestinal absorption of aluminium is subject to many systemic and local factors. The latter include various compounds with which aluminium is complexed in the gut lumen, and gastric acidity. The influence of food is controversial; however, absorption appears higher in the fasted than the post-prandial state. Luminal phosphate concentration decreases aluminium absorption, whereas citrate increases it. For theoretical reasons, silicates should prevent aluminium absorption, but experimental evidence has not supported this theory. Whether water hardness affects aluminium bioavailability remains a matter of debate. General conditions may also modify aluminium absorption and deposition in bone. Examples of these general factors include the uraemic syndrome, diabetes mellitus, secondary hyperparathyroidism, vitamin D status, Alzheimer's disease and Down's syndrome. Awareness of intestinal absorption of aluminium is particularly important, given that aluminium-based binders continue to be used in uraemic patients, despite the hazards of aluminium accumulation. The lessons we have learned about aluminium absorption-from the methodological difficulties of measuring it accurately to understanding the long-term clinical risks of this metal-should guide us in the safety evaluation of other potentially toxic metals that have been proposed for therapeutic use in patients with renal failure.
Nephrol Dial Transplant 2002
PMID:Intestinal absorption of aluminium in renal failure. 1190 52

Of the non-physiological compounds in glucose-rich peritoneal dialysis fluid, we investigated the synergistic cytotoxicity of acidity and 3,4-Dideoxyglucosone-3-ene(3,4-DGE) under the existence of lactate using human peritoneal mesothelial cells (HPMC). The effect of pH on cell viability at various levels of pH (5.5, 6.7, 7.15), with or without lactate was examined by adding 1N-HCl to phosphate buffer solution. We also examined the cytotoxic effects of 3,4-DGE and pH (5.5, 6.7 or 7.15). Additionally, we compared the cytotoxic effects of 3,4-DGE and pH (5.5, 6.7 or 7.15) under existence of lactate (40 meq/L) or absence of lactate. The cells were exposed to these solutions for 2 or 4 h. Cell viability was determined by MTT (3-[4, 5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl]-2, 5-diphenylterazolium bromide) assay. 3,4-DGE or acidic solution alone had no significant effects on MTT viability under the absence of lactate. However, acidic solutions containing 3,4-DGE significantly decreased MTT viability under the existence of lactate. The MTT viability of HPMC was not decreased by 3,4-DGE or acidity alone under the absence of lactate. However, the combination of acidity and 3,4-DGE markedly decreased MTT viability under the existence of lactate, strongly suggesting the synergistic cytotoxicity of 3,4-DGE and acidity under the existence of lactate.
Ther Apher Dial 2005 Apr
PMID:Synergistic cytotoxicity of acidity and 3,4-Dideoxyglucosone-3-ene under the existence of lactate in peritoneal dialysis fluid. 1582 32