Renal replacement therapy in acute poisonings--one center experience.

The authors described three groups of patients after acute poisonings. In the first group were 60 patients after carbon tetrachioride poisoning, the second group consisted of 81 patients after mushroom poisoning and 20 patients after ethylene glycol poisoning were in the third group. Besides two patients with rare poisonings after potassium dichromate and after paraquat poisoning were analysed.

Professor František Pór, MD--an outstanding internist in the former Czechoslovakia.

Professor František Pór, MD, (1899-1980) graduated at the German Medical Faculty of Charles University (GMF-CHU) in Prague in 1926. In January 26, 1945 he was captured, together with his wife, by the Gestapo and they were deported to the concentration camp to Sered' and later to Terezín (Czechoslovakia) from where they were liberated by the Soviet Army on May 8, 1945. He was a founder and the head of the Internal Clinic of the new Medical Faculty in Košice, from October 1, 1948 until 1971.

Renal function abnormalities after marathon run and 16-kilometre long-distance run.

Renal functions were investigated in 29 marathon runners and in 20 runners in connection with 16-kilometre long-distance run. Body weight in runners decreased after marathon run in average of 1.3 +/- 0.

Jan Brod and his contributions to hypertension and nephrology.

The author of this paper was one of the postgraduate medical students of Prof. Jan Brod, MD, DSc, FRCP, from the former Czechoslovakia. The manuscript includes a short biography and his complicated curriculum vitae.

Vitamin B6 and oxalic acid in clinical nephrology.

Objective: Vitamin B(6) (VB(6)) is a water-soluble vitamin, which is important for the normal functioning of multiple organ systems. It is metabolized to the active molecule pyridoxal-5-phosphate (PLP). Oxalic acid (OA) is thought to be a uremic toxin that participates in the pathogenesis of the uremic syndrome.

Vitamins and quality of life in hemodialysis patients.

Background: Dialysis patients have decreased quality of life compared to healthy controls. In recent years the quality of life in hemodialysis patients has been considered from many points of view. The aim of this retrospective study was to improve quality of life in dialysis patients by supplementing some important vitamins.

Oxalic Acid as a uremic toxin.

Objective: Oxalic acid (OA) is thought to be a uremic toxin that participates in the pathogenesis of uremic syndrome. The objectives of this study were to: (1) evaluate the plasma levels of OA in patients with chronic renal disease with various levels of glomerular filtration rate and after renal transplantation; (2) investigate the salivary secretion of OA and ascorbic acid in healthy subjects and in patients with chronic renal failure (CRF); (3) examine the influence of water and sodium diuresis and furosemide administration on the urinary excretion of OA and ascorbic acid in healthy subjects and in CRF patients without dialysis treatment; and (4) evaluate the influence of renal replacement therapy (RRT) on secondary hyperoxalemia in hemodialysis patients.

Design And Setting: This study was conducted at the Nephrological Department of P.

The 50-year history of the Nephrology Department in Kosice (Slovak Republic).

The authors present the development of clinical nephrology from 1954 to 2004 at the Louis Pasteur Faculty Hospital and the Medical Faculty of P.J. Safárik University in Kosice (Slovak Republic), recounting its role in the delivery of preventive and therapeutic care, teaching and research.