Assessment of pulmonary functions in chronic renal failure patients with different haemodialysis regimene

In this study of pulmonary function tests in chronic renal failure patients and controls [on thrice/week hemodialysis and on daily dialysis], a restrictive ventilatory disturbance was found as evidenced by decreased forced vital capacity [FVC], decreased forced expiratory volume in first second [FEV1] with peaked expiratory flow rate [PEFR] and forced expiratory flow. There was a significant negative correlation between B. urea, S. creatinine with FEV1, FEF 25-75%, 50% and PEFR. The study showed the effect of daily dialysis, a new growing hemodialysis modality in many centers in the world, that was established to improve the patients' quality of life, many systems and the long-term costs of medications and complications' management. A significant reduction in the restrictive pattern of daily dialysis patients with no obstructive type of pulmonary function tests per se and an improvement in B. urea, but not S. creatinine, were detected

Ultra sonographic measurements of the normal liver and spleen among Egyptians 10-50 years old

to determine reference values of ultra sonographic [US] measurements of the normal liver, spleen portal vein, right and left periportal thickness, gall bladder wall thickness and comon bile duct diameter of Egyptians. community-based cross sectional study. Kalama village in Nile Delta, 40 kilometers north of Cairo. 10% systematic sample of people above 10 years of age. Selection criteria included normal clinical examination, normal liver functions by ALT, absence of hepatitis B and C virus markers and liver or spleen pathology by US. organometery of the liver, spleen, portal vein, right and left periportal thickness, gall bladder wall thickness and common bile duct diameter by US. 217 subjects were admitted to the study out of 700 examined. All measured parameters increased with age till 20 years. There was no significant difference in measurements between males and females. The means, standard deviation and 95th percentiles of all measurements were higher than those recorded in other studies. Egyptian norms for US organometery of the liver, spleen, portal vein and gall bladder are different from those of other countries. We suggest that Egyptian sonologists use these norms in routine practice

Coeliac artery compression syndrome

We report a rare case of coeliac artery compression syndrome. The medical presentation, radiological appearance and curative surgical management are discussed. A postoperative angiogram was obtained and compared with the preoperative one. The patient's symptoms were all relieved by surgery