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Endometriotic disease: the role of peritoneal fluid [PDF]

Human Reproduction Update, 1998
Peritoneal fluid and the intraovarian milieu are a specific microenvironment. Peritoneal fluid originates mainly as an ovarian exudation product caused by increased vascular permeability, with cyclic variation in volume and steroid hormones which are always higher than in plasma.
P R, Koninckx, S H, Kennedy, D H, Barlow
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Urgent-Start Peritoneal Dialysis: A Chance for a New Beginning

American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 2013
Peritoneal dialysis (PD) remains greatly underutilized in the United States despite the widespread preference of home modalities among nephrologists and patients.
Rohini Arramreddy, Sijie Zheng, A. Saxena, S. Liebman, L. Wong   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Distal subgaleal-peritoneal shunt migration into the abdominal wall with subsequent formation of a pre-peritoneal pseudocyst: a rare complication [PDF]

, 2010
Distal ventriculo-peritoneal shunt migration and extra-peritoneal CSF pseudocyst formation are unusual complications of shunt placement. We present a 65-year-old-female who received a subgaleal-peritoneal shunt to decompress a post-surgical subgaleal ...
Carmel, Peter W, Antonios Mammis, Yanni, Daniel S, Thaker, Nikhil G, Daniel S. Yanni, Rahul Singh, Nikhil G. Thaker, Mammis, Antonios, Singh, Rahul, Peter W. Carmel   +9 more
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The molecular biology of peritoneal metastatic disease

EMBO Molecular Medicine, 2023
Abstract Peritoneal metastases are a common form of tumor cell dissemination in gastrointestinal malignancies. Peritoneal metastatic disease (PMD) is associated with severe morbidity and resistance to currently employed therapies.
Bootsma, Sanne, Bijlsma, Maarten F, Vermeulen, Louis   +2 more
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Evaluation of Magnesium Level and Associated Factors in Patients under Peritoneal Dialysis

مجله دانشکده پزشکی اصفهان, 2020
Background: Given the high prevalence of chronic renal failure worldwide, and the fact that kidneys are the major means of magnesium excretion from the body, it is speculated that the incidence risk of magnesium balance disorder would be high in patients
Mojgan Mortazavi, Yasaman Sadeghi, Shiva Seirafian, Sayed Mohsen Hosseini, Shirin Karimi   +4 more
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Copaiba oil effect under different pathways in mice subjected to sepsis [PDF]

Acta Cirúrgica Brasileira, 2014
PURPOSE: To evaluate the effects of copaiba oil administered by different routes on survival of mices subjected to cecal ligation and puncture.METHODS:Thirty two mice were distributed into four study groups (N=8): Sham group: normal standard animals ...
Nara Macedo Botelho, Edvaldo Lima Silveira, Letícia Nobre Lopes, Felipe Augusto Folha Santos, Renan Kleber Costa Teixeira, Thaís Travassos da Silva   +5 more
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The Importance of Using Peritoneal Equlibration Test for the Peritoneal Transport Type Characterization in Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis Patients

Biomolecules & Biomedicine, 2010
The aim of this study was to analyze the importance of the peritoneal equilibration test (PET) in evaluation of the peritoneal membrane tranport status in patients treated with continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD).
Snežana Unčanin, Senija Rašić, Jasminka Džemidžić, Alma Muslimović, Begler Begović, Vedad Herenda   +5 more
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Cognitive Impairment in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients

American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 2011
Background Prevalence of moderate to severe cognitive impairment among hemodialysis patients is more than double the prevalence in the general population.
Paramjit Kalirao, S. Pederson, R. Foley, Alison K Kolste, D. Tupper, D. Zaun, Vanessa Buot, A. Murray   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Many Faces of the Angry Peritoneum

Diagnostics
The peritoneum is a thin membrane that lines the abdominal cavity and covers the abdominal organs. It serves as a conduit for the spread of various pathological processes, including gas and fluid collections, inflammation, infections, and neoplastic ...
Maria Chiara Ambrosetti, Matilde Bariani, Giulia Angela Zamboni, Riccardo Valletta, Matteo Bonatti   +4 more
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Advances in the Treatment of Colorectal Cancer with Peritoneal Metastases: A Focus on Cytoreductive Surgery and Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy

The Ewha Medical Journal, 2023
In stage IV colorectal cancer (CRC), peritoneal metastasis is associated with a poor prognosis. Hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) after cytoreductive surgery (CRS) is an effective treatment option ...
Youngbae Jeon, Eun Jung Park
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