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| Year : 2022 |
Volume
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Does the Prolonged Duration of Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis Affect the Serum Levels of Endothelin-1 and Nitric Oxide?
Pedja Kovacevic1, Sasa Dragic2, Tijana Kovacevic1, Biljana Zlojutro2, Milka Jandric2, Danica Momcicevic2
1 Medical Intensive Care Unit, University Clinical Centre of the Republic of Srpska; Intensive Care Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Banja Luka, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2 Medical Intensive Care Unit, University Clinical Centre of the Republic of Srpska, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Correspondence Address:
Pedja Kovacevic
Medical Intensive Care Unit, University Clinical Centre of the Republic of Srpska
Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/1319-2442.367823
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End-stage renal disease and its treatment with continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) can affect almost all organs and organ systems including vascular endothelium. Consequently, disturbance in the production of vasoactive substances endothelin-1 (ET-1) and nitric oxide (NO) occurs in these patients. There are only a small number of studies that investigated the impact of long-term CAPD on imbalance in production of vasoactive substances ET-1 and NO among these patients. Therefore, our study aimed to investigate the impact of duration of CAPD on potential overproduction of ET-1 and NO in uremic patients. This study included 23 uremic patients [10 males, mean age: 56.3 (±16.2) years] treated with CAPD. All studied patients were further divided into subgroups, groups A and B. Group A included patients on treatment with CAPD <5 years, and group B included those on treatment longer than five years. Our results showed that serum levels of these vasoactive substances are significantly higher among patients treated with CAPD longer than five years (ET-1: 51.24 ± 32.11 vs. 139.53 ± 42.42; NO: 15.50 ± 2.57 vs. 26.57 ± 5.96, respectively). We concluded that imbalance in production of vasoactive substances is present in long-term CAPD treatment and this imbalance can lead to disturbance in the local blood flow control.
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