Maintenance haemodialysis in Singapore.

The chronic haemodialysis programme of the Singapore General Hospital started in 1968 as a hospital-based fully nurse-assisted programme. This has since expanded to include Self Dialysis and Home Dialysis programmes. Data of 425 patients who entered the dialysis programmes was analysed retrospectively.

Polycythaemia after renal transplantation.

The haematological, biochemical and clinical features of six patients with polycythaemia after renal transplantation were studied. The patients had an absolute increase in red cell mass, but normal plasma and whole blood volumes. Primary proliferative polycythaemia was excluded.

Effects of triple therapy on the progression of mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis.

Fifty-two pairs of patients with idiopathic diffuse mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis entered a controlled 3-year prospective trial of a combination regimen of cyclophosphamide, dipyridamole and warfarin. In the treatment group proteinuria decreased significantly (p less than 0.01) and renal function remained stable, but in the control group there was no change in proteinuria and creatinine clearance (Ccr) decreased significantly (p less than 0.