Decision to resuscitate or not in patients with chronic diseases.

Introduction: Do-not-resuscitate (DNR) decisions are frequently made without informing the patients. We attempt to determine whether patients and physicians wish to discuss the DNR decision, who they think, should be the final decision maker and whether they agree on the indication for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in case of cardiac arrest.

Material And Methods: We carried out a questionnaire survey among 112 haemodialysis patients and 17 physicians at department of nephrology, Herlev Hospital.

Capnocytophaga cynodegmi peritonitis in a peritoneal dialysis patient.

The first reported case of peritonitis caused by Capnocytophaga cynodegmi is presented. The patient was treated with peritoneal dialysis and had contact with a cat. C.

Dietary habits and nutritional status of renal transplant patients.

Background: Although dialysis nutritional problems are well described, nutritional problems after renal transplantation (RT) have received little attention.

Methods: Body composition as assessed by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry in 115 stable patients 6.6 +/- 5.

Hyperparathyroidism and long-term bone loss after renal transplantation.

Background: While early bone loss after renal transplantation (RT) is well described, factors affecting the long-term fate of bone have received less attention.

Methods: Whole body (WB), lumbar spine (LS) and femoral neck (FN) bone mineral density (BMD) was measured using dual energy X-ray absorptionometry in 126 stable RT patients and repeated in 114 survivors after 3 yr. Percentage change per year (%/yr) was correlated to clinical and biochemical markers of bone metabolism.