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Effects of hypertonic peritoneal dialysis solutions on neutrophil superoxide production
F Q Zhou1, F J Manahan, A W Yu
1Department of Medicine, Veterans Administration Hospital, Hines, IL 60141.
Artificial Organs
|December 1, 1990
Abstract:
Superoxide produced by neutrophils plays an important role in the killing of bacterial pathogens. The effects of glucose-containing peritoneal dialysis solutions on superoxide production by canine and human neutrophils were studied. A significant decrement in superoxide generation was noted with the 2.27% and 3.86% glucose solutions. The results suggest that hypertonic peritoneal dialysis solutions curtail neutrophil superoxide generation.