BACKGROUND: Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is very frequent in haemodialysis
patients. Only few investigations have reported its regression, and only by the use of …

In patients with terminal renal failure, hypertension is the rule rather than the exception. Its
pathogenesis can be attributed to salt and water retention in most patients, because removing …

Methods. We analysed the survival of 218 patients (132 male, 86 female, age 48 ± 15 years)
who were treated in our dialysis units since we adopted the strategy of strict volume control …

In some hypertensive haemodialysis (HD) patients, blood pressure rises further during
ultrafiltration (UF). We investigated seven such patients, who were not responsive to hypotensive …

… Geyskes GG, Dorhout Mees EJ. Salt sensitivity of blood pressure in chronic renal failure: …
Dorhout Mees EJ. Simultaneous determination of extracellular volume and blood volume …

To find out why most patients with the nephrotic syndrome maintain a normal blood volume
despite a reduced plasma colloid osmotic pressure (COP), we measured the transcapillary (…

We studied renal sodium handling, extracellular fluid volume (ECFV), plasma renin activity,
aldosterone and norepinephrine, and blood pressure in eight healthy volunteers after …

Two patients with hyponatraemia resulting from an inappropriate ADH secretion syndrome
had low serum values and elevated clearances of uric acid. All the values returned to normal …

BACKGROUND: Doppler echocardiography has recently revealed frequent occurrence of
valvular (in particular mitral) regurgitation in dialysis (HD) patients. We hypothesized that this …

The absorption of oxalate was investigated in a healthy subject after ingestion of oxalate-rich
meals (spinach and rhubarb) with and without addition of 14 C-labeled oxalic acid and …