OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relationship between malnutrition-inflammation-atherosclerosis (MIA) syndrome and deterioration of global and specific domains of cognitive function in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients. METHODS: This was a multi-center prospective cohort study. The PD patients who met the inclusion criteria were examined with general and specific cognitive function between March 2013 and November 2013. The patients were divided into MIA0, MIA1 and MIA2 groups, according to items of "Yes" for whether or not having cardiovascular disease, serum albumin≤35 g/L or high-sensitive C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) ≥3 mg/L. After 2 years, the patients maintained on PD would be repeatedly measured with cognitive function. The Chi-square test, One-way ANOVA, Kruskal-wallis H rank sum test were used to compare the differences of clinical characteristics, biochemical data, and global and specific cognitive function parameters among the three groups at baseline, and two years later, respectively. The Bonferroni method was applied to adjust the significance level for further comparison between each two different groups. The change of score in each cognitive parameter of global and specific domains was used as dependent variable. Age, gender, education level, depression index, body-mass index, diabetes mellitus, serum sodium levels and MIA (MIA0 was control, MIA1 and MIA2 as dummy variables) were all included in the multivariable linear regression models to analyze the risk factors of the deterioration of cognitive function. The analysis for each cognitive domain was adjusted for the baseline score of the corresponding cognitive parameter. All the analyses were performed using SPSS for Windows, software version 25.0 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL). RESULTS: Over two-year follow up, the prevalence of cognitive impairment increased from 20.0% to 24.7%, absolute decrease of 3MS scores were more significantly decreased in MIA2 (-3.9±12.0 vs. 1.1±6.7, P<0.01) and MIA1 group (-2.3±11.8 vs. 1.1±6.7, P<0.05) than those in MIA0 group respectively. Specific cognitive functions, included executive function (trail-making tests A and B, P=0.401, P=0.176), immediate memory (P=0.437), delayed memory (P=0.104), visuospatial skill (P=0.496), and language ability (P=0.171) remained unchanged. Advanced age, lower education, diabetes mellitus and depression were all correlated with the deterioration of one or more cognitive domains, and the patients having one item of MIA syndrome were prone to develop the deterioration of 3MS (P=0.022). Furthermore, the patients having two or more items of MIA syndrome were more likely to develop the deterioration of not only 3MS (P <0.001), but also delayed memory, visuospatial skill, and language ability (P=0.002, P=0.007, P=0.004, respectively). CONCLUSION Patients with one item or above of MIA syndrome were at high-risk for the deterioration of global cognitive function. The more MIA syndrome items there were, the more specific cognitive domains deteriorated.
C-Reactive Protein ; Cardiovascular Diseases/etiology* ; Cognition ; Cognitive Dysfunction/complications* ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Humans ; Inflammation/etiology* ; Malnutrition/etiology* ; Peritoneal Dialysis ; Prospective Studies

We hereby report a case of diffuse pelvic peritoneal involvement by immunoglobulin G4-related disease (IgG4-RD). Numerous pelvic masses and nodules showing delayed enhancement on enhanced abdominal CT were found to congregate in the pelvic organs of a 57-year-old female presenting with intestinal subocclusion. The differentiation between peritoneal IgG4-RD and pelvic peritoneal carcinomatosis was only made by histopathology and immunohistochemistry performed after surgical resection. Autoimmune pancreatitis represents the historical prototype of IgG4-RD, but the spectrum of manifestations involving various organs has expanded during the last decade. In this report, we shortly review this clinical entity.
Carcinoma/diagnosis ; Female ; Humans ; *Immunoglobulin G ; Immunohistochemistry ; Intestinal Obstruction/*etiology ; *Intestine, Small ; Middle Aged ; Paraproteinemias/*complications/diagnosis/pathology ; Peritoneal Diseases/*complications/diagnosis/pathology ; Peritoneal Neoplasms/diagnosis

OBJECTIVEThe aim of this study was to review the etiology and pathogenesis of patients who underwent surgery for mechanical bowel obstruction. The treatment and prognosis of bowel obstructions caused by intra-abdominal tumors were compared with those due to other causes.

METHODSThe clinical data of 203 patients with mechanical bowel obstruction undergoing operation were analyzed retrospectively. The tumor cases were classified as group I, and all other cases as group II. A range of factors were investigated to estimate the postoperative outcome: gender, age, comorbidities, symptoms and findings of physical and radiological examinations, sites of the obstruction, etiology, therapeutic approach, postoperative complications and mortality.

RESULTSGroup I included 73 patients and Group II 130. Large bowel carcinoma and peritoneal adhesions were the most common causes of Group I and II, contributing 58 and 86 of all cases, respectively. There was no significant difference in terms of gender between the two groups, but the rate of elderly (≥ 70 years) patients was significantly higher (53.4%) than that of the < 70 years old patients (35.4%) (P = 0.012). There was a significant difference between the patients with previous surgical operation history in the tumor group (23.3%) and non-tumor group (58.5%) (P < 0.001). In the 73 cases of the tumor group, the obstruction was located in the large bowel in 58 cases (79.5%), small bowel in 12 cases (16.4%), both small and large bowels in 2 cases (2.7%) and gastric cancer invading the splenic flexure of colon in 1 case, while in the non-tumor group, 111 cases (85.4%) of the obstruction was located in the small bowel and 19 cases (14.6%) and in the large bowel (P < 0.001). Sixty-six cases (90.4%) of the tumor-group underwent intestinal segment excision and 21 cases (28.8%) underwent intestinal fistulation in the tumor group, but in the non-tumor group 61 cases (46.9%) underwent intestinal segment excision and 5 cases (3.8%) underwent intestinal fistulation (all P < 0.001). The hospital stay was (18 ± 6) days in the tumor group and (11 ± 3) days in the non-tumor group (P < 0.01). The complication rate (P = 0.104) and mortality rate (P = 0.187) were not significantly different between the two groups.

CONCLUSIONSTumor mechanical bowel obstruction is more frequently seen in patients in elder age, with colorectal location and without previous operation history. CT scan may provide effective diagnosis and ascertain the presence of the malignant obstruction. Intestinal fistulation is more often needed in patients with tumor intestinal obstruction and endoscopic stenting is a safe option in selected patients with tumor intestinal obstruction.

Adult ; Age Factors ; Aged ; Aged, 80 and over ; Female ; Humans ; Intestinal Neoplasms ; complications ; diagnostic imaging ; surgery ; Intestinal Obstruction ; diagnosis ; diagnostic imaging ; etiology ; surgery ; Length of Stay ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Peritoneal Diseases ; complications ; diagnostic imaging ; surgery ; Postoperative Complications ; Retrospective Studies ; Tissue Adhesions ; complications ; diagnostic imaging ; surgery ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed ; Young Adult

We retrospectively evaluated demographic and biochemical parameters associated with depression and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in maintenance peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients. This study included 105 patients maintaining PD at Seoul National University Hospital. Data were collected from electronic medical record. Korean Beck's Depression Inventory and Korean version of Kidney Disease Quality of Life short form, version 1.3 were used to evaluate depression and HRQOL, respectively. Moderate to severe depression was found in 24.8% of patients. Patients with lower normalized protein equivalent of nitrogen appearance (nPNA) (< 1.2 g/kg/day), lower weekly renal Kt/V(urea) (< 0.2), and lower serum albumin level (< or = 4.0 g/dL) were associated with depression (P < 0.05). Among them, lower weekly renal Kt/V(urea) was the only independent risk factor associated with depression (OR = 3.1, P = 0.007). Depressed patients showed significantly lower scores in every dimension of HRQOL (P < 0.001). Lower weekly renal Kt/V(urea) (beta = 0.24, P = 0.005) and lower nPNA (beta = 0.15, P = 0.03) were the independent risk factors associated with lower kidney dialysis component summary, whereas lower plasma hemoglobin level was the consistent risk factor for lower physical component summary (beta = 0.22, P = 0.03) and mental component summary (beta = 0.22, P = 0.01). Depression is a prevalent psychological problem in PD population. Residual renal function is the most important factor associated with depression and impaired HRQOL in PD patients.
Adult ; Aged ; Demography ; Depression/*etiology ; Female ; Health Status ; Hemoglobins/analysis ; Humans ; Kidney Diseases/*complications/physiopathology/*psychology ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Peritoneal Dialysis ; *Quality of Life ; Republic of Korea ; Retrospective Studies ; Risk Factors ; Serum Albumin/analysis ; Software

Adrenal Gland Neoplasms ; complications ; physiopathology ; Hemorrhage ; etiology ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Peritoneal Diseases ; etiology ; Pheochromocytoma ; complications ; physiopathology

Abdominal Pain ; diagnostic imaging ; etiology ; surgery ; Adult ; Humans ; Laparoscopy ; Male ; Omentum ; Peritoneal Diseases ; complications ; diagnostic imaging ; surgery ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed ; Torsion Abnormality

BACKGROUNDExtra glucose load in peritoneal dialysis is an important cause of newly-occurred diabetic mellitus, which initiates insulin treatment in some of the dialytic patients. The purpose of this study was to discuss the influence of the peritoneal transfer status on fasting blood glucose in non-diabetic nephropathy patients who are on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD).

METHODSOne hundred and forty-five patients with total KT/V per week over 2.0 were recruited, including 60 males and 85 females. Fasting blood glucose (FBG), creatinine, blood urea nitrogen (BUN), blood albumin, blood lipid profile and blood C-reactive protein (CRP) were analyzed at the beginning of the peritoneal dialysis and after 12 months. A peritoneal equilibration test (PET) was carried out at the 3rd month of CAPD, and meantime residual renal function, peritoneal solute clearance rate, ultrafiltration volume and urine volume were also evaluated.

RESULTSTwenty-one cases were identified as a low transfer group (L), 32 cases as a low average transfer group (LA), 58 cases as a high average transfer group (HA) and 34 cases as a high transfer group (H). At the end of the 12th month, 83 cases had elevated FBG. Through stepwise multiple regression analysis we found the FBG level in these patients was positively related to glucose load and CRP, and negatively related to glucose absorption in the peritoneum (D/D(0)) and blood albumin (P < 0.05). Kaplan-Meier analysis during a 48-month follow-up found the morbidity of hyperglycemia to be 17/34 cases (50.1%) in the high transfer group, 20/58 cases (34.5%) in the high average transfer group, 11/32 cases (34.3%) in the low average transfer group, and 1/21 cases (5.4%) in the low transfer group.

CONCLUSIONSPatients with high peritoneal transfer capacity might have the highest morbidity from hyperglycemia among patients with these four different peritoneal transfer status. Glucose load, baseline CRP and FBG level before peritoneal dialysis, and D/D0 can efficiently predict hyperglycemia in CAPD patients.

Aged ; Blood Glucose ; metabolism ; C-Reactive Protein ; metabolism ; Diabetes Mellitus ; blood ; etiology ; Female ; Humans ; Kidney Diseases ; blood ; complications ; therapy ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory ; methods ; Peritoneum ; metabolism ; Regression Analysis

We report a rare case of giant mesenteric lipoma presenting with colicky abdominal pain. A 29-yr-old woman underwent laparoscopic resection for a giant mesenteric lipoma causing compression of the ileal loop. The resected ileal segment was encased by a giant fatty tissue, and normal mucosal fold patterns of the resected ileum were effaced by the mass. Microscopically, the mass was characterized by homogenous mature adipose tissue without cellular atypia, which was compatible with the diagnosis of a mesenteric lipoma. Despite the benign nature of this tumor, total excision with or without the affected intestinal loop should be considered if intestinal symptoms such as abdominal pain are present.
Abdominal Pain/*etiology ; Adipose Tissue/pathology ; Adult ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Female ; Humans ; Ileal Diseases/etiology ; Laparoscopy ; Lipoma/complications/*diagnosis/surgery ; *Mesentery/pathology ; Peritoneal Neoplasms/complications/*diagnosis/surgery ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed

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*Abdominal Wall ; Adult ; *Cesarean Section, Repeat ; Endometriosis/*diagnosis/etiology/pathology ; Female ; Humans ; Peritoneal Diseases/*diagnosis/pathology ; Postoperative Complications/*diagnosis/pathology ; Pregnancy ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed

OBJECTIVETo assess the abdominal cocoon complicated with infertility using laparoscope and its clinical management.

METHODSSix cases of abdominal cocoon treated in our hospital from January 1998 to December 2002 were retrospectively reviewed.

RESULTSOf the 6 patients all with primary and tubal infertility, 3 received routine closed laparoscope operation, and other 3 failed for laparoscopy and were transferred to laparotomy. During the surgery it was found that the abdomen and pelvis were filled with multiple layer fibrous tissue which enveloped the bowel and reproductive organs, making exploration nearly impossible. It was difficult to ablate the envelope.

CONCLUSIONAbdominal cocoon can be diagnosed in those primary and tubal infertile patients when the charge is hindered in the process of laparoscope. The optimal treatment of the infertility for those patients is in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer.

Adult ; Female ; Fibrosis ; complications ; Humans ; Infertility, Female ; etiology ; Intestinal Obstruction ; diagnosis ; Intestine, Small ; pathology ; Laparoscopy ; Peritoneal Diseases ; complications ; Tissue Adhesions ; complications