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Body fluid abnormalities in severe hyperglycemia in patients on chronic dialysis: theoretical analysisAntonios H Tzamaloukas
New Mexico VA Health Care System, Albuquerque, NM 87108, USA
J Diabetes Complications 21:374-80. 2007..Studies reporting the treatment of DH with only insulin therapy can be used to test these theoretical predictions and to analyze the relationship between solute and fluid abnormalities and clinical manifestations...- Hydration abnormalities in Nigerian patients on chronic hemodialysisAntonios H Tzamaloukas
Department of Medicine Service, New Mexico Veterans Affairs Health Care System and University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM 87108, USA
Hemodial Int 11:S22-8. 2007.... 
The prescription of peritoneal dialysisAntonios H Tzamaloukas
Renal Section, Department of Medicine, New Mexico VA Health Care System, 1501 San Pedro, SE, Albuquerque, NM 87108, USA
Semin Dial 21:250-7. 2008..Formulation of biocompatible dialysate is a major ongoing research effort and may greatly enhance the success of CPD in the future...- Body fluid abnormalities in severe hyperglycemia in patients on chronic dialysis: review of published reportsAntonios H Tzamaloukas
New Mexico VA Health Care System, Albuquerque, NM, USA
J Diabetes Complications 22:29-37. 2008..In contrast to DKA or NKH, which usually presents with hypovolemia, DH causes hypervolemia manifested occasionally by pulmonary edema. Insulin is adequate treatment for DH... - Abnormalities of serum potassium concentration in dialysis-associated hyperglycemia and their correction with insulin: review of published reportsAntonios H Tzamaloukas
Medicine Service, New Mexico Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Int Urol Nephrol 43:451-9. 2011..DH represents a risk factor for hyperkalemia. Insulin infusion is the only treatment for hyperkalemia usually required... - Prevention of nephropathy in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitusAntonios H Tzamaloukas
Section of Nephrology, Renal Section 111C, New Mexico Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87108, USA
Int Urol Nephrol 37:655-63. 2005..Current research offers the promise of definitive prevention of both type 2 diabetes and diabetic nephropathy... - Pathophysiology and management of fluid and electrolyte disturbances in patients on chronic dialysis with severe hyperglycemiaAntonios H Tzamaloukas
New Mexico Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87108, USA
Semin Dial 21:431-9. 2008..Emergency HD carries the risk of excessively rapid decline in tonicity; its benefits in the treatment of DH have not been established... - Abnormalities of serum potassium concentration in dialysis-associated hyperglycemia and their correction with insulin: a unique clinical/physiologic exercise in internal potassium balanceAntonios H Tzamaloukas
Medicine Service, New Mexico Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Int Urol Nephrol 42:1015-22. 2010.... - Computation of the dose of continuous peritoneal dialysis required for adequate peritoneal urea clearance without taking into account peritoneal transport indicesAntonios H Tzamaloukas
Medicine Service, New Mexico VA Health Care System, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87108, USA
Adv Perit Dial 23:122-6. 2007..Anuric patients on CAPD with 4 daily exchanges require a Dv/V value of 0.304 L/L or better to have a > or = 0.9 probability of achieving a weekly Kpt/Vurea of 1.70 or better... - Risk of extracellular volume expansion in long-term peritoneal dialysisAntonios H Tzamaloukas
Renal Section, New Mexico Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87108, USA
Adv Perit Dial 21:106-11. 2005..Periodic measurements of sodium removal rates and appropriate adjustments of dietary sodium intake should be considered measures of adequacy in PD... - Twenty-first Century ethics of medical research involving human subjects: achievements and challengesAntonios H Tzamaloukas
Medicine Service, Renal Section 111C, New Mexico Veterans Affairs Health Care System, 1501 San Pedro, SE, Albuquerque, NM 87108, USA
Int Urol Nephrol 40:153-63. 2008..Developing medical researchers with an ethical character and knowledge about ethics in medicine may be the most effective safeguard in protecting participants of medical research experiments... - Hospital admissions in elderly patients on chronic hemodialysisYijuan Sun
Medicine Service, Raymond G Murphy Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Department of Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, 1501 San Pedro, SE, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87108, USA
Int Urol Nephrol 43:1229-36. 2011..The purpose of this study was to determine whether number of hospital admissions per patient per year (n/[pt-yr]) and hospital days per patient per year (d/[pt-yr]) differ between elderly and younger patients on chronic hemodialysis (HD)... - Sources of variation in estimates of lean body mass by creatinine kinetics and by methods based on body water or body mass index in patients on continuous peritoneal dialysisAntonios H Tzamaloukas
Nephrology Section, Raymond G Murphy Veterans Administration Medical Center and University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87108, USA
J Ren Nutr 20:91-100. 2010..We identified factors that account for differences between lean body mass computed from creatinine kinetics (LBM(cr)) and from either body water (LBM(V)) or body mass index (LBM(BMI)) in patients on continuous peritoneal dialysis (CPD)... - Normalization of protein nitrogen appearance by various size indicators in patients on continuous peritoneal dialysisAntonios H Tzamaloukas
Renal Section, New Mexico Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Department of Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Adv Perit Dial 19:207-11. 2003..Our findings indicate that DW is the proper size indicator for normalizing PNA in PD patients... - Hospitalizations in patients treated sequentially by chronic hemodialysis and continuous peritoneal dialysisMuniru Adeniyi
Section of Nephrology, Raymond G Murphy VA Medical Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87108, USA
Adv Perit Dial 25:72-5. 2009..In patients changing dialysis modalities, rate and duration of hospitalizations did not vary between HD and PD. The causes of hospitalization were similar in the HD and PD periods regardless of which modality was applied first... - Lack of precision of indirect estimates of body water affects urea kinetic analysis in chronic peritoneal dialysisAntonios H Tzamaloukas
Medicine Service, New Mexico Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Albuquerque, USA
Adv Perit Dial 21:13-6. 2005..This lack of precision, added to the known lack of accuracy of the estimates, confounds the interpretation of the clinical relevance of urea kinetic estimates in PD... - Weight status classification of patients on continuous peritoneal dialysisAntonios H Tzamaloukas
Renal Section, New Mexico Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Department of Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Adv Perit Dial 19:217-21. 2003..Classification of weight status by BMI or BF/W in quintiles or quartiles improves substantially the agreement between the two classifications and should be preferred... - Extreme hyperglycemia with ketoacidosis and hyperkalemia in a patient on chronic hemodialysisArvin Gupta
Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Hemodial Int 12:S43-7. 2008..The indications for and risks of emergency dialysis in this setting are not clearly defined... - Death during hospitalization in patients on chronic hemodialysisMuskaan Behl
University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Hemodial Int 14:S14-21. 2010..Implementation of measures preventing these hospitalizations is a worthwhile undertaking... - Small solute clearances and nutrition indices in obese patients on continuous peritoneal dialysisAntonios H Tzamaloukas
Renal Section, New Mexico VA Health Care System, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Adv Perit Dial 18:40-3. 2002..In obese subjects, normalization by W creates inappropriately low values for nutrition indices derived from urea nitrogen and creatinine excretion. Normalization of those indices by DW appears preferable... - Nutrition indices in obese continuous peritoneal dialysis patients with inadequate and adequate urea clearanceAntonios H Tzamaloukas
Renal Section, New Mexico Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Albuquerque 87108, USA
Perit Dial Int 22:506-12. 2002..To test whether better nutrition is associated more with adequate urea clearance than with inadequate urea clearance in obese patients on continuous peritoneal dialysis (CPD)... - Hospitalizations before and after initiation of chronic hemodialysisHussein Kassam
Department of Surgery, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Hemodial Int 15:341-9. 2011..Study of factors specific to HD that may affect these conditions should constitute the first step toward improving the morbidity of patients on HD... - Body composition evaluation in peritoneal dialysis patients using anthropometric formulas estimating body waterAntonios H Tzamaloukas
Renal Section, New Mexico Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Department of Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Adv Perit Dial 19:212-6. 2003..Anthropometric estimates may cause large systematic errors in PD patients whose body composition varies from the average, particularly obese or overhydrated patients... - Hypercatabolism in dialysis patientsDominic S C Raj
Division of Nephrology, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131 5271, USA
Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens 17:589-94. 2008..This article will provide a comprehensive review and update on recent advances in the field of protein-energy wasting and protein kinetics in patients with end-stage renal disease... - Estimates of body water, fat-free mass, and body fat in patients on peritoneal dialysis by anthropometric formulasAntonios H Tzamaloukas
Medicine Service, New Mexico Veterans Affairs Health Care System and University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87108, USA
Kidney Int 63:1605-17. 2003..Evaluation of body composition by the anthropometric formulas rests on two assumptions: (1) fat contains no water, and (2) the water content of the fat-free mass is constant (72%)... - Surgical procedures before and after starting chronic hemodialysis in a predominantly male population with high prevalence of diabetesMilagros Martinez
Department of Medicine, Raymond G Murphy Veterans Affairs Medical Center and University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Int J Artif Organs 35:648-54. 2012.... - Increase in serum creatinine in a patient on continuous peritoneal dialysis: potential mechanisms and managementZhi Xu
Section of Nephrology, Medicine Service, Raymond G Murphy VA Medical Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87018, USA
Adv Perit Dial 28:32-6. 2012.... - Repeated intoxication presenting with azotemia, elevated serum osmolal gap, and metabolic acidosis with high anion gap: differential diagnosis, management, and prognosisMerideth Prevost
Department of Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, USA
Int Urol Nephrol 44:309-14. 2012..Finding 2-propanol in the serum of patients with AKA indicates either concomitant 2-propanol ingestion or formation of 2-propanol from acetone... - Hemodialysis catheter infection with unusual presentation and grave outcomeDarlene Gabaldon
Raymond G Murphy VA Medical Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Hemodial Int 15:568-72. 2011..FDG-PET-CT is a useful imaging tool in establishing the presence and extent of both the CVC infection and remote metastatic infectious foci... - Peritoneal dialysis as salvage renal replacement therapy after complete failure of hemodialysis access in an elderly patient with multiple comorbiditiesAideloje Onime
Medicine Service, New Mexico Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87108, USA
Adv Perit Dial 23:118-21. 2007..In these cases, the success of PD is enhanced by dedicated family members taking on PD tasks that the patient cannot perform... - Imaging of peritoneal catheter tunnel infection using positron-emission tomographyPooja Singh
Renal Section, Raymond G Murphy Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Adv Perit Dial 26:96-100. 2010..The patient was placed on temporary hemodialysis. This case demonstrates that PET imaging, in addition to other imaging techniques, may be useful for diagnosing and managing PD catheter infections... - Activation of caspase-3 in the skeletal muscle during haemodialysisMichel A Boivin
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
Eur J Clin Invest 40:903-10. 2010..We hypothesized that activation of caspase-3 in the skeletal muscle mediates apoptosis and proteolysis during haemodialysis (HD)... - Classification of the degree of obesity by body mass index or by deviation from ideal weightAntonios H Tzamaloukas
Renal Section, New Mexico Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87108, USA
JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr 27:340-8. 2003..These discrepancies may cause confusion when 2 or more indices are used simultaneously to classify the degree of obesity... - Scrotal edema secondary to fluid imbalance in patients on continuous peritoneal dialysisMuniru Adeniyi
Section of Nephrology, Raymond G Murphy VA Medical Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87108, USA
Adv Perit Dial 25:68-71. 2009..Proper interpretation of PET findings is critical in the evaluation of scrotal edema not resulting from internal dialysate leaks in CPD... - Management of extreme azotemia from urinary tract obstruction without dialysis. Clinical correlates and kinetic modeling of the recovery of renal functionRichard Wang
Department of Medicine, Renal Section, New Mexico Veterans Affairs Health Care System and University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Int Urol Nephrol 39:587-93. 2007.... - Amino acid repletion does not decrease muscle protein catabolism during hemodialysisDominic S C Raj
Division of Nephrology, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM 87131 5271, USA
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 292:E1534-42. 2007..1% pre-HD to 33.7 and 32.6% during HD-O and HD+AA, respectively (P < 0.01). Thus amino acid repletion during HD increased muscle protein synthesis but did not decrease muscle protein breakdown... - Glomerulonephritis causing acute renal failure during the course of bacterial infections. Histological varieties, potential pathogenetic pathways and treatmentJorge I Zeledon
Section of Nephrology, Renal Section 111C, New Mexico Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Int Urol Nephrol 40:461-70. 2008.... - Association between calciphylaxis and inflammation in two patients on chronic dialysisSharlet Slough
Department of Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, USA
Adv Perit Dial 22:171-4. 2006.... 
Increased CD36 expression signals monocyte activation among patients with type 2 diabetesYijuan Sun
Department of Medicine, Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Diabetes Care 33:2065-7. 2010..To explore the hypothesis that CD36, a scavenger receptor and fatty acid translocase, is upregulated in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) among patients with type 2 diabetes and is a biomarker of PBMC activation and inflammation...- Tumoral calcinosis without hyperparathyroidism in a patient on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysisArvin Gupta
Section of Nephrology, New Mexico VA Health Care System and University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87108, USA
Adv Perit Dial 24:132-6. 2008..Elevated indices of inflammation may accompany TC. Studies are needed to identify other important factors in the pathogenesis of TC in PD patients and to evaluate treatment methods... - Anemia management and association of race with mortality and hospitalization in a large not-for-profit dialysis organizationKaren S Servilla
Nephrology Section, New Mexico Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Am J Kidney Dis 54:498-510. 2009..Previous studies suggest that African American patients use higher doses of epoetin and have better survival compared with white hemodialysis patients... - Spontaneous erythrocytosis in a patient on chronic hemodialysisMuniru Adeniyi
Section of Nephrology, Raymond G Murphy VA Medical Center, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87108, USA
Hemodial Int 13:S30-3. 2009..The risks of acquired cystic disease include, in addition to the development of malignancy, vascular events from elevated Hgb... - Weight deficit in patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysisAntonios H Tzamaloukas
Renal Section and Department of General Internal Medicine, New Mexico VA Health Care System, Albuquerque, NM 87108, USA
Am J Kidney Dis 39:1068-77. 2002..The role of inadequate clearances in the development of weight deficit in CAPD populations is difficult to assess. It seems, however, that adequate Kt/V urea may be necessary for weight gain in underweight CAPD patients... - Immunoglobulin A nephropathy complicating ulcerative colitisAideloje Onime
Renal Section, New Mexico Veterans Affairs Health Care System (VAHCS, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Int Urol Nephrol 38:349-53. 2006..The manifestations of IgAN complicating ulcerative colitis can be improved with effective treatment of the bowel disease even when there are extensive sclerotic changes in the kidneys... - Obesity and patient survival in chronic dialysisAntonios H Tzamaloukas
New Mexico VA Health Care System, Renal System, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87108, USA
Adv Perit Dial 20:79-85. 2004..Some evidence exists that in the long-term (> 10 years), obesity is a risk factor for death in both HD and PD. Further studies are needed to identify the short- and long-term risks and benefits of obesity in the two dialysis modalities... - Tubulointerstitial nephritis and uveitis syndrome: use of gallium scintigraphy in its diagnosis and treatmentElizabeth Helms
Medicine Service, Radiology Service, and Pathology Service, New Mexico Veterans Affairs Health Care System Renal Section (111C, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, 1501 San Pedro SE, Albuquerque, NM 87108, USA
Int Urol Nephrol 37:119-22. 2005..We present a case illustrating the characteristic clinical features of this syndrome. Gallium scintigraphy assisted in the diagnosis and management of this case, which was complicated by relapsing pyelonephritis... - A 100-kg man on peritoneal dialysis (PD) with a borderline kt/V: to PD or not to PDAntonios H Tzamaloukas
Renal Section, New Mexico VA Health Care System, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87108, USA
Perit Dial Int 23:200-7. 2003..If the patient chooses PD, dialysis prescription may need to be modified over time and one must be attentive to the patient's needs to prevent burnout... - Pyocystis in patients on chronic dialysis. A potentially misdiagnosed syndromeJohn L Bibb
Medicine Service, Urology Section, and Radiology Service, New Mexico Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87108, USA
Int Urol Nephrol 34:415-8. 2002..The patient was treated with bladder drainage and a prolonged antibiotic course, followed by intermittent saline washing of the bladder... - Symptomatic anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-positive disease complicating subacute bacterial endocarditis: to treat or not to treat?Konstantin N Konstantinov
Rheumatology Section, Raymond G Murphy VA Medical Center, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, N Mex, USA Department of Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, N Mex, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, N Mex, USA
Case Rep Nephrol Urol 2:25-32. 2012..Histological identification of the type of renal disease is imperative for the choice of the treatment... - Osmotic myelinolysis following chronic hyponatremia corrected at an overall rate consistent with current recommendationsCasey Dellabarca
Medicine Service and Radiology Service, New Mexico Veterans Affairs Health Care System, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87108, USA
Int Urol Nephrol 37:171-3. 2005..We suggest that the rate of correction of [Na](s) in CH should be uniformly slow and that the overall rate of correction should be slower than the currently recommended rate in severely malnourished patients... - Renal cortical perfusion defects caused by antiphospholipid syndrome seen on fusion imagingWesley B Calhoun
Medicine Service, New Mexico VA Health Care System and University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87108, USA
Clin Nucl Med 28:853-4. 2003 - A population-specific formula predicting creatinine excretion in continuous peritoneal dialysisAntonios H Tzamaloukas
Renal Section, New Mexico Veterans Affairs Health Care System, and University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque 87108, USA
Perit Dial Int 22:67-72. 2002..The purpose of the present study was to develop and test a population-specific formula predicting average creatinine excretion in CPD... - Septic subclavian vein thrombosis complicating hemodialysis diagnosis by a combination of scintigramsGayla J Herbel
Medicine Service, New Mexico VA Health Care System and University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque 87108, USA
Clin Nucl Med 27:45-6. 2002 - Characteristics of end stage renal disease diabetic patients in two countries with different socioeconomic conditionsEmmanuel I Agaba
Department of Medicine, Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria
Int Urol Nephrol 36:611-6. 2004..These differences indicate areas where further studies that could assist in the planning for ESRD care in both Nigeria and USA are required... - Serum potassium concentration in hyperglycemia of chronic dialysisMark Rohrscheib
University of New Mexico School of Medicine, USA
Adv Perit Dial 21:102-5. 2005..Differences between PD and HD in acid-base balance and, probably, in other factors affecting [K] (such as mineralocorticoid metabolism and blood levels) may account for the differences in [K] between PD and HD NKH episodes... - What affects the outcome of peritoneal dialysis? Going beyond the microbial etiologyAntonios H Tzamaloukas
Perit Dial Int 22:563-5. 2002 - Treatment of severe lithium poisoning and dialysis-induced hypophosphatemia with phosphorus-enriched hemodialysis: a case reportSrivasa B Chebrolu
Departments of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Hospital, Hines, Illinois, USA
Chin Med J (Engl) 118:1405-8. 2005