[Organ donation and transplantation: the "friendly access initiative" in the Federico II Hospital (Naples), between nudging and narrative medicine].

In Italy, to show the willingness to donate one's organs, there is the principle of the explicit consensus (or disagreement) (Law n. 91 of the 01.04.

Polymorphism of the angiotensin-converting enzyme gene in end-stage renal failure patients.

The plasma levels of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) are modulated by the insertion (I)/deletion (D) polymorphism within the ACE gene locus. An association between progressive renal disease, raised cardiovascular risk, and ACE plasma levels has been shown. To evaluate the genotype frequencies of the I/D polymorphism in terminal renal failure, we have enrolled 341 dialysis patients (321 on hemodialysis and 20 on peritoneal dialysis) in a district of southern Italy (Foggia).

Hepatitis C virus infection in four haemodialysis units of southern Italy: epidemiological report.

Unlabelled: The haemodialysis patients are an high risk population for hepatitis viral infections. While the incidence of HBV has decreased worldwide, HCV is now the major cause of viral infection in these patients. The aim of our study was to define a complete map of patients undergoing routine replacement therapy by haemodialysis in the province of Foggia, Southern Italy, who were HCV Ab positive, the presence of viraemia and their genotypes; moreover, we investigated the probable factors involved in determining the infection as well as the means of prevention.

Influence of phosphatidylcholine on ultrafiltration and solute transfer in CAPD patients.

Fifteen patients (mean age 59.9 +/- 16.1 years) treated by CAPD for a mean of 21.

Follow-up of reverse dextrose clearances in patients undergoing CAPD.

Three hundred eighty-eight sequential reverse dextrose clearances (RDC) have been performed in 61 unselected patients (12 of whom were diabetics), whose mean age was 54 years (30-79). They were treated for a mean time of 23 +/- 12 months (0-60); the total observation time was 1,440 months. One hundred forty-two episodes of peritonitis were registered, producing a peritonitis incidence of 1 episode per 10.