Perceptions of pelvic floor dysfunction and rehabilitation care amongst women in southeast China after radical hysterectomy: a qualitative study.

Objective: To investigate the perceptions of pelvic floor dysfunction (PFD) and rehabilitation care amongst women after radical hysterectomy and to explore ways to improve quality of care.

Methods: Thirty-six women who underwent radical hysterectomy at a hospital in southeast China were enrolled via purposive sampling. Semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted.

[Icodextrin improve angiogenesis of peritoneal membrane in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis patients].

Objective: To observe the effect of icodextrin on peritoneal membrane angiogenesis in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) patients.

Methods: This was a randomized double-blind perspective study of CAPD patients at our center between January 2006 to December 2006. The patients were randomized to receive either 7.

Adiponectin is related to carotid artery plaque and a predictor of cardiovascular outcome in a cohort of non-diabetic peritoneal dialysis patients.

Aims: Adiponectin is an adipocytokine with antiatherogenic and anti-inflammatory properties. We investigated associations between circulating adiponectin, inflammation and cardiovascular disease in peritoneal dialysis patients.

Methods: A prospective study was performed in 59 non-diabetic patients.

Quality of life in elderly continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis patients.

Objective: In the present study, we determined the characteristic of quality of life (QOL) in elderly peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients by using the Medical Outcomes Study Short Form 36 (SF-36) to compare QOL between two age groups of continuous ambulatory PD patients.

Patients And Methods: Patients were allocated to one of two groups according to age: patients in group A were >or=65 years of age, and patients in group B were <65 years of age. We compared SF-36 scores, serum albumin, prealbumin, hemoglobin, lipid profile, normalized protein catabolic rate (nPCR), dialysis adequacy (Kt/V), creatinine clearance (CCr), and glomerular filtration rate (GFR) between the two groups.

Prospective controlled study on mycophenolate mofetil and prednisolone in the treatment of membranous nephropathy with nephrotic syndrome.

Background: Retrospective and anecdotal data suggest that mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) might be effective when given as rescue therapy for membranous nephropathy (MN). Prospective controlled data on MMF and prednisolone as primary therapy are lacking.

Methods: A prospective, randomized, controlled, open-label study was performed to investigate the efficacy and tolerability of MMF and prednisolone as primary treatment in MN with nephrotic syndrome.

[Investigation of bromate, haloacetic acids and perchlorate in Beijing's drinking water].

Disinfection by-products and perchlorate in the raw water and finished water of Beijing's a drinking water plants were investigated. The results indicated that there was little bromate in the drinking water. Five haloacetic acids (HAAs) were found in the water.

[Determination of trace level of bromate and perchlorate in drinking water by ion chromatography with microwave preconcentration].

A simple sample preconcentration technique for the determination of trace level of bromate and perchlorate in drinking water with ion chromatography is presented. With the hydrophobic anion-exchange column and a sodium hydroxide eluent in linear gradient, bromate and perchlorate can be determined in a single injection within 35 min. Prior to ion chromatographic analysis, the drinking water sample was treated with the OnGuard Ag cartridge to remove the superfluous chloride and concentrated in 20-fold with poly(tetrafluoroethylene)(PTFE) beaker in a domestic microwave oven in 15 min.