...A. Hornych; P. Rémy; N. Luong; J. Aumont; J. Bariéty The aim of our study was (1) to verify whether haemodialysis (HD) with cuprophane (CUP) and polyacrylonitrile (PAN) membranes is associated with the release of vasoactive leukotriene (LT) C 4 and chemotactic LTB 4 and (2) to analyse...

... of dialysis membranes of different permeability on PTH changes during hemodialysis. Five chronic renal failure patients underwent three consecutive hemodialysis sessions with cuprophane (CUP) polysulfone (PS) and polyacrylonitrile (PAN). Two hours of isolated ultrafiltration were followed by 3 h dialysis...

... BP, QB was lower and transmembrane filtration pressure (TMP) higher in CAVH with Scribner shunt. QB was 102 ± 38 ml/min; QF was 20 ± 7 ml/min. The effects of hemofilter geometry and membrane material on functional parameters of CAVH were evaluated by applying four hemofilters (Amicon D-20 HP, D-30 HP...

... (iron dextran) and intraperitoneal infusion of dialysate 4.25% for 1 h. We studied morphometric data of what is considered to be the active peritoneal dialysis membrane, i. e. capillary endothelial cells, interstitium and mesothelial cells. The mesothelial cells are flattened and overlapping with tight...

...Thomas F. Müller; Michael Seitz; Ilsebill Eckle; Harald Lange; Gerald Kolb The impact of the method of sterilization (steam vs. ethylene oxide, ETO) on indices of biocompatibility is investigated using polysulfone membranes. Eight patients were treated with a random choice of the high-flux...