Effect of chronic partial pancreatic duct obstruction on pancreatic duct secretory pressure and permeability in cats.

Pancreatic secretion during pancreatic duct obstruction results in increased duct pressure. The normally impermeable pancreatic duct becomes permeable to macromolecules the size of pancreatic enzymes after secretion against obstruction. Permeability and morphologic changes may be related to increased secretory pressure during obstruction.

Comparison of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis in children.

The clinical course of 51 children, 0.2 to 20 years, treated with CAPD, and 25 children, 3 to 18 years, treated with chronic hemodialysis was compared over a 5 1/2 year period. The CAPD patients had higher hematocrit levels, higher serum carbon dioxide and cholesterol levels, lower BUN and serum albumin levels, and lower blood pressure levels than the hemodialysis patients.