title: Influence of dialysate exchange on cardiac left ventricular function in children treated with CAPD.
abstract: The influence of peritoneal dialysate exchange on the ventricular function in 11 children on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) therapy was studied before and after instillation dialysate. Systolic blood pressure, pulse rate, and echocardiographical data (shortening fraction and pre-ejection period/left ventricle ejection time-ratio) were obtained before and after instillation. There were no differences present with respect to the measured parameters after the abdomen was filled. It is concluded that in children treated with CAPD the exchange of normal volumes of dialysate has no influence on the function of the left ventricle.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, St. Radboud University Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Besselink
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Schroder
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: van Oort
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D015314:Dialysis Solutions; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D010529:Peritoneal Cavity; D010531:Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D015314:Dialysis Solutions