Goodship, T.H.J., Stoddart, J.T., Martinek, V., Geetha, D., Brown, A.L., Ward, M.K., ...
We studied the natural history, and therefore prognosis, of patients with chronic pyelonephritis presenting to adult nephrologists with a plasma or serum creatinine
Goodpasture's syndrome with normal renal function (1996)
Young Min, S. A., Rutherford, P., Ward, M. K., Wheeler, J., Robertson, H., Goodship, T. H. J.
Withdrawal of renal replacement therapy in Newcastle upon Tyne: 1964-1993 (1996)
Catalano, C., Goodship, T. H. J., Graham, K. A., Marino, C., Brown, A. L., Tapson, J. S., ...
Background Termination of renal replacement therapy (RRT) is common in North America and Australia but is considered to be rare in Europe. Methods In order to review the phenomenon of RRT termination...
Adequacy of dialysis and nutritional status in CAPD (1993)
Goodship, T. H. J., Pablick-Deetjen, J., Ward, M. K., Wilkinson, R.
Urea kinetic modelling (UKM) was used to assess adequacy of dialysis in 50 CAPD patients. Nutritional status was assessed from the measurement of visceral protein status (total protein, albumin,...
Tapson, J. S., Orr, K. E., George, J. C., Stansfield, E., Bint, A. J., Ward, M. K.
This report describes a prospective, randomized comparison of oral ciprofloxacin and intraperitoneal vancomycin/netilmicin in the treatment of 50 consecutive episodes of CAPD peritonitis in 35...
Parathyroidectomy in Chronic Renal Failure: a Nine-year Follow-up Study (1990)
NICHOLS, P., OWEN, J. P., ELLIS, H. A., FARNDON, J. R., KELLY, P. J., WARD, M. K.
Seventy-three patients with chronic renal failure who underwent parathy roidectomy between March 1978 and April 1987 were reviewed. Thirty-four patients had undergone sub-total parathyroidectomy, and...
Rodger, R. S. C., Sheldon, W. L., Watson, M. J., Dewar, J. H., Wilkinson, R., Ward, M. K., ...
We selected a group of male dialysis patients complaining of sexual dysfunction in whom penile vascular insufficiency and drug-induced impotence had been excluded. Monitoring of nocturnal penile...
Tomson, C. R. V., Channon, S. M., Ward, M. K., Laker, M. F.
Pre-dialysis plasma oxalate concentration was measured in a cross-sectional study of 75 patients receiving maintenance haemodialysis. The aims of this study were to enable formulation of hypotheses...
Plasma Oxalate in Patients Receiving Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis (1988)
Tomson, C. R. V., Channon, S. M., Parkinson, I. S., Owen, J. P., Ward, M. K., Simpson, J. M., ...
Plasma oxalate has been measured in 125 patients maintained on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis using an enzyme/bioluminescent assay. Values ranged between 6 and 134 μmol/l, with a...
Haemodialysis-Induced Respiratory Changes (1987)
Fawcett, S., Hoenich, N. A., Laker, M. F., Schorr, W., Ward, M. K., Kerr, D. N. S.
Eight patients receiving maintenance haemodialysis were studied under six different dialysis protocols, comprising Cuprophan and polyacrylonitrile (PAN 15) membranes, each used with dialysate...
RODGER, R. S. C., WATSON, M. J., SELLARS, L., WILKINSON, R., WARD, M. K., KERR, D. N. S.
Sixty-six per cent of a group of 21 renal transplant recipients with chronic renal failure were shown to have adrenal suppression due to glucocorticoid treatment. Gradual withdrawal of steroids in...
CASSIDY, M. J. D., OWEN, J. P., ELLIS, H. A., DEWAR, J., ROBINSON, C. J., WILKINSON, R., ...
The biochemical data and drug histories related to bone disease were extracted from the case records of 47 patients who had been treated by continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) for more...
Parathyroidectomy in Chronic Renal Failure (1985)
DE FRANCISCO, A. M., ELLIS, H. A., OWEN, J. P., CASSIDY, M. J. D., FARNDON, J. R., WARD, M. K., ...
In order to establish whether parathyroidectomy altered the natural history of ectopic calcification in patients with renal failure we undertook a detailed analysis of 62 patients with...
Osteomalacia in patients with Chronic Renal Failure Before Dialysis or Transplantation (1983)
MORA PALMA, F. J., ELLIST, H. A., COOK, D. B., DEWAR, J. H., WARD, M. K., WILKINSON, R., ...
The case records of 327 patients who underwent bone biopsy in late or terminal renal failure, before any form of dialysis or transplantation, were examined for clues to the aetioloygy of renal...
Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis: Three Years' Experience (1983)
RAMOS, J. M., GOKAL, R., SIAMOPOLOUS, K., WARD, M. K., WILKINSON, R., KERR, D. N. S.
We review the experience of the Renal Unit at Newcastle upon Tyne over the three years 1979–1981, during which 122 patients with chronic renal failure were treated by continuous ambulatory...
The Natural History of Chronic Pyelonephritis in the Adult (1982)
ARZE, R. S., RAMOS, J. M., OWEN, J. P., MORLEY, A. R., ELLIOTT, R. W., WILKINSON, R., ...
One hundred and thirty patients with primary chronic pyelonephritis diagnosed radiologically or by nephrectomy, 84 with unilateral and 46 with bilateral disease, have been followed for six to 240...
Heaton, A, Rodger, R S, Sellars, L, Goodship, T H, Fletcher, K, Nikolakakis, N, ...
Two hundred and twenty nine consecutive patients (129 men, mean age 45) were reviewed 12 to 65 months after starting treatment with continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) from January 1979...
Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis and renal transplantation: a five year experience.
Donnelly, P K, Lennard, T W, Proud, G, Taylor, R M, Henderson, R, Fletcher, K, ...
Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis is a new and increasingly popular method of routine dialysis, but its effect on renal transplantation is uncertain. A non-randomised comparison was made of...
Loss of pulsatile luteinising hormone secretion in men with chronic renal failure.
Rodger, R S, Morrison, L, Dewar, J H, Wilkinson, R, Ward, M K, Kerr, D N
In an attempt to determine the nature of hypothalamic and pituitary dysfunction in renal failure the secretory patterns of luteinising hormone were measured in men with end stage renal disease and...
Cardiac abnormalities and exercise tolerance in patients receiving renal replacement therapy.
Bullock, R E, Amer, H A, Simpson, I, Ward, M K, Hall, R J
The exercise tolerance of the survivors of a consecutive group of 100 patients in a renal dialysis and transplant programme was compared with the prevalence of cardiac abnormalities detected by...
Factors affecting development of peritonitis in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis.
Goodship, T H, Heaton, A, Rodger, R S, Ward, M K, Wilkinson, R, Kerr, D N
A questionnaire based survey in patients receiving continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis showed that there was an increased incidence of upper respiratory tract symptoms (suggestive of viral...
Biswas, C K, Arze, R S, Ramos, J M, Ward, M K, Dewar, J H, Kerr, D N, ...
According to the Bricker-Slatopolsky theory, secretion of parathyroid hormone (PTH) is switched on in chronic renal failure by hypocalcaemia due to phosphate retention. In an attempt to reverse this...
Superiority of B locus matching over other HLA matching in renal graft survival.
Dewar, P J, Wilkinson, R, Elliott, R W, Ward, M K, Kerr, D N, Kenward, D H, ...
Graft survival after 348 consecutive first cadaver-donor renal transplants was significantly improved by HLA matching when recipients who had received pretransplant blood transfusions were matched...
Osteomalacic dialysis osteodystrophy: a trial of phosphate-enriched dialysis fluid.
Feest, T G, Ward, M K, Ellis, H A, Aljama, P, Kerr, D N
To assess whether phosphate depletion is an aetiological factor in osteomalacic dialysis osteodystrophy we undertook a prospective trial of phosphate-enriched dialysis fluid, in association with oral...
Intellectual impairment in chronic renal failure.
English, A, Savage, R D, Britton, P G, Ward, M K, Kerr, D N
In a dialysis centre with a high tap water aluminium content and a known high incidence of dialysis encephalopathy, 29 patients undertaking regular home dialysis, without clinical evidence of...
Serum ionised calcium concentration: measurement versus calculation.
Conceicao, S C, Weightman, D, Smith, P A, Luno, J, Ward, M K, Kerr, D N
Four hundred and eighteen measurements of serum ionised calcium, total calcium, and protein concentrations were made from 47 normal volunteers, 104 patients with chronic renal failure (33 being...
DDAVP in Treatment of Vasopressin-Sensitive Diabetes Insipidus
Ward, M. K., Fraser, T. Russell
In 11 patients with vasopressin-sensitive diabetes insipidus the effectiveness of the vasopressin analogue 1-desamino-8-D-arginine vasopressin (DDAVP) for controlling diabetes insipidus has been...
Defects in sphygmomanometers: an important source of error in blood pressure recording.
Conceiçao, S, Ward, M K, Kerr, D N
Almost half the sphygmomanometers in a teaching hospital group had defects in the control valve which interfered with accurate blood-pressure reading. Ward staff should be taught to check...
Catalano, C, Goodship, T H, Tapson, J S, Venning, M K, Taylor, R M, Proud, G, ...
OBJECTIVES--To review the experience of renal replacement treatment in diabetic patients treated in Newcastle upon Tyne and the Northern region from 1964 to 1988, and to compare the morbidity and...
Heaton, A, Rodger, R S, Sellars, L, Goodship, T H, Fletcher, K, Nikolakakis, N, ...
Two hundred and twenty nine consecutive patients (129 men, mean age 45) were reviewed 12 to 65 months after starting treatment with continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) from January 1979...
Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis and renal transplantation: a five year experience.
Donnelly, P K, Lennard, T W, Proud, G, Taylor, R M, Henderson, R, Fletcher, K, ...
Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis is a new and increasingly popular method of routine dialysis, but its effect on renal transplantation is uncertain. A non-randomised comparison was made of...
Loss of pulsatile luteinising hormone secretion in men with chronic renal failure.
Rodger, R S, Morrison, L, Dewar, J H, Wilkinson, R, Ward, M K, Kerr, D N
In an attempt to determine the nature of hypothalamic and pituitary dysfunction in renal failure the secretory patterns of luteinising hormone were measured in men with end stage renal disease and...
Cardiac abnormalities and exercise tolerance in patients receiving renal replacement therapy.
Bullock, R E, Amer, H A, Simpson, I, Ward, M K, Hall, R J
The exercise tolerance of the survivors of a consecutive group of 100 patients in a renal dialysis and transplant programme was compared with the prevalence of cardiac abnormalities detected by...
Factors affecting development of peritonitis in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis.
Goodship, T H, Heaton, A, Rodger, R S, Ward, M K, Wilkinson, R, Kerr, D N
A questionnaire based survey in patients receiving continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis showed that there was an increased incidence of upper respiratory tract symptoms (suggestive of viral...
Biswas, C K, Arze, R S, Ramos, J M, Ward, M K, Dewar, J H, Kerr, D N, ...
According to the Bricker-Slatopolsky theory, secretion of parathyroid hormone (PTH) is switched on in chronic renal failure by hypocalcaemia due to phosphate retention. In an attempt to reverse this...
Superiority of B locus matching over other HLA matching in renal graft survival.
Dewar, P J, Wilkinson, R, Elliott, R W, Ward, M K, Kerr, D N, Kenward, D H, ...
Graft survival after 348 consecutive first cadaver-donor renal transplants was significantly improved by HLA matching when recipients who had received pretransplant blood transfusions were matched...
Osteomalacic dialysis osteodystrophy: a trial of phosphate-enriched dialysis fluid.
Feest, T G, Ward, M K, Ellis, H A, Aljama, P, Kerr, D N
To assess whether phosphate depletion is an aetiological factor in osteomalacic dialysis osteodystrophy we undertook a prospective trial of phosphate-enriched dialysis fluid, in association with oral...
Intellectual impairment in chronic renal failure.
English, A, Savage, R D, Britton, P G, Ward, M K, Kerr, D N
In a dialysis centre with a high tap water aluminium content and a known high incidence of dialysis encephalopathy, 29 patients undertaking regular home dialysis, without clinical evidence of...
Serum ionised calcium concentration: measurement versus calculation.
Conceicao, S C, Weightman, D, Smith, P A, Luno, J, Ward, M K, Kerr, D N
Four hundred and eighteen measurements of serum ionised calcium, total calcium, and protein concentrations were made from 47 normal volunteers, 104 patients with chronic renal failure (33 being...
DDAVP in Treatment of Vasopressin-Sensitive Diabetes Insipidus
Ward, M. K., Fraser, T. Russell
In 11 patients with vasopressin-sensitive diabetes insipidus the effectiveness of the vasopressin analogue 1-desamino-8-D-arginine vasopressin (DDAVP) for controlling diabetes insipidus has been...
Defects in sphygmomanometers: an important source of error in blood pressure recording.
Conceiçao, S, Ward, M K, Kerr, D N
Almost half the sphygmomanometers in a teaching hospital group had defects in the control valve which interfered with accurate blood-pressure reading. Ward staff should be taught to check...
Catalano, C, Goodship, T H, Tapson, J S, Venning, M K, Taylor, R M, Proud, G, ...
OBJECTIVES--To review the experience of renal replacement treatment in diabetic patients treated in Newcastle upon Tyne and the Northern region from 1964 to 1988, and to compare the morbidity and...
Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis: one year's experience in a UK dialysis unit.
Gokal, R, McHugh, M, Fryer, R, Ward, M K, Kerr, D N
Thirty-two patients aged 8-63 years trained to manage themselves by continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis for end-stage renal failure achieved better steady-state serum biochemistry and much...
Air Embolism during Haemodialysis
Ward, M. K., Shadforth, M., Hill, A. V. L., Kerr, D. N. S.
Two fatal and five non-fatal episodes of air embolism occurred in the course of 14,000 haemodialyses. Air entered the circuit through the infusion bottle, the heparin syringe or line, or the blood...
Renal replacement therapy in patients aged over 60 years.
Tapson, J. S., Rodger, R. S., Mansy, H., Elliott, R. W., Ward, M. K., Wilkinson, R.
The availability of dialysis for patients with end-stage renal failure in the United Kingdom has lagged behind that in most of the rest of Europe and USA, although there has been considerable...