Z J Twardowski

Summary

Affiliation: University of Missouri
Country: USA

Publications

  1. Dimensions of central venous structures in humans measured in vivo using magnetic resonance imaging: implications for central-vein catheter dimensions
    Z J Twardowski
    Department of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, USA
    Int J Artif Organs 25:107-23
  2. Dialyzer reuse-Part I: Historical perspective
    Zbylut J Twardowski
    Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65203, USA
    Semin Dial 19:41-53
  3. History of peritoneal access development
    Zbylut J Twardowski
    University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA
    Int J Artif Organs 29:2-40
  4. Rates of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis-associated peritonitis at the University of Missouri
    Adam Whaley Connell
    School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65212, USA
    Adv Perit Dial 21:72-5
  5. Dialyzer reuse--part II: advantages and disadvantages
    Zbylut J Twardowski
    Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, 65203, USA
    Semin Dial 19:217-26
  6. Pathophysiology of peritoneal transport
    Zbylut J Twardowski
    University of Missouri, Columbia, 65201, USA
    Contrib Nephrol 150:13-9
  7. Peritoneal access: the past, present, and the future
    Zbylut J Twardowski
    University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65201, USA
    Contrib Nephrol 150:195-201
  8. Current trends in the use of peritoneal dialysis catheters
    Dana Negoi
    University of Missouri Columbia, School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, 65212, USA
    Adv Perit Dial 22:147-52
  9. Treatment time and ultrafiltration rate are more important in dialysis prescription than small molecule clearance
    Zbylut J Twardowski
    Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65201, USA
    Blood Purif 25:90-8
  10. What clinical insights from the early days of dialysis are being overlooked today?
    Nathan W Levin
    Renal Research Institute, New York, New York 10128, USA
    Semin Dial 18:13-21

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Publications21

  1. Dimensions of central venous structures in humans measured in vivo using magnetic resonance imaging: implications for central-vein catheter dimensions
    Z J Twardowski
    Department of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, USA
    Int J Artif Organs 25:107-23
    ..A table is included to guide the selection of the total catheter length and diameter in relation to the body surface area and insertion site...
  2. Dialyzer reuse-Part I: Historical perspective
    Zbylut J Twardowski
    Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65203, USA
    Semin Dial 19:41-53
    ..In contrast, the reuse of dialyzers in home hemodialysis patients treated with other hemodialysis machines has become less popular and is almost extinct...
  3. History of peritoneal access development
    Zbylut J Twardowski
    University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA
    Int J Artif Organs 29:2-40
    ..However, these complications still occur, so new designs are being tried...
  4. Rates of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis-associated peritonitis at the University of Missouri
    Adam Whaley Connell
    School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65212, USA
    Adv Perit Dial 21:72-5
    ..Many factors have contributed to the reduction of PD-associated peritonitis rates at our center Improved connectology, catheter care, and patient education play key roles in the reduction of peritonitis...
  5. Dialyzer reuse--part II: advantages and disadvantages
    Zbylut J Twardowski
    Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, 65203, USA
    Semin Dial 19:217-26
    ..In contrast, reuse of dialyzers in home hemodialysis patients treated with other hemodialysis machines is becoming less popular and is almost extinct...
  6. Pathophysiology of peritoneal transport
    Zbylut J Twardowski
    University of Missouri, Columbia, 65201, USA
    Contrib Nephrol 150:13-9
    ....
  7. Peritoneal access: the past, present, and the future
    Zbylut J Twardowski
    University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65201, USA
    Contrib Nephrol 150:195-201
    ..Therefore, there is an incessant search for new technological solutions, including new shapes of intraperitoneal and intramural catheter segments, and new catheter materials are tried...
  8. Current trends in the use of peritoneal dialysis catheters
    Dana Negoi
    University of Missouri Columbia, School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, 65212, USA
    Adv Perit Dial 22:147-52
    ..Surgical implantation technique remains the prevailing placement method in both pediatric and adult respondent centers...
  9. Treatment time and ultrafiltration rate are more important in dialysis prescription than small molecule clearance
    Zbylut J Twardowski
    Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65201, USA
    Blood Purif 25:90-8
    ....
  10. What clinical insights from the early days of dialysis are being overlooked today?
    Nathan W Levin
    Renal Research Institute, New York, New York 10128, USA
    Semin Dial 18:13-21
  11. Short, thrice-weekly hemodialysis is inadequate regardless of small molecule clearance
    Z J Twardowski
    Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA
    Int J Artif Organs 27:452-66
    ..The individual, clinical approach assumes that there are differences among patients, which require adjustment of dialysis schedule for each patient...
  12. History of hemodialyzers' designs
    Zbylut J Twardowski
    Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65212, USA
    Hemodial Int 12:173-210
    ..This system used premanufactured dialysis solution, delivered to the home or dialysis unit, as is done for peritoneal dialysis...
  13. Short peritoneal equilibration test: impact of preceding dwell time
    Zbylut J Twardowski
    Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, USA
    Adv Perit Dial 19:53-8
    ..The protein values obtained after a 3-hour prior dwell differ from those obtained after a long prior dwell. Protein values must therefore be standardized in a larger number of patients...
  14. Catheter exit site care in the long-term
    Zbylut J Twardowski
    University of Missouri, Dialysis Clinic, Inc, 3300 LeMone Industrial Blvd, Columbia, MO 65201 USA
    Contrib Nephrol 142:422-34
  15. History and development of the access for peritoneal dialysis
    Zbylut J Twardowski
    University of Missouri, Dialysis Clinic, Inc, 3300 LeMone Industrial Blvd, Columbia, MO 65201, USA
    Contrib Nephrol 142:387-401
  16. Early clinical, quality-of-life, and biochemical changes of "daily hemodialysis" (6 dialyses per week)
    Amy W Williams
    Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
    Am J Kidney Dis 43:90-102
    ..CONCLUSION: In this short-term study, daily dialysis appears to be a safe, better, and more physiological method to deliver dialysis care to patients with end-stage renal disease...
  17. Measurements of hemodialysis catheter blood flow in vivo
    Z J Twardowski
    Department of Medicine, University of Missouri, Harry S Truman Veterans Adminstration Hospital, Dalton Research Center, Dialysis Clinic Incorporated, Columbia, USA
    Int J Artif Organs 25:276-80
    ....
  18. PHD: the technological solution for daily haemodialysis?
    Zbylut J Twardowski
    Nephrol Dial Transplant 18:19-23
  19. Presternal peritoneal catheter
    Zbylut J Twardowski
    Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA
    Adv Ren Replace Ther 9:125-32
    ..Finally, the implantation technique is more challenging compared with that of single-piece, abdominal catheters...
  20. Blood access and daily hemodialysis: clinical experience and review of the literature
    Carl M Kiellstrand
    Aksys Ltd, Lincolnshire, Illinois, USA
    ASAIO J 49:645-9
    ..Survival was best and need for intervention was least with fistulae and worst with catheters. Grafts, when functioning, had fewer problems both between and during dialyses...
  21. The Aksys personal hemodialysis system
    Carl M Kjellstrand
    Aksys Ltd, Lincolnshire, Illinois, USA
    Semin Dial 17:151-3
    ....