HYPOCALCEMIA INDUCED RHABDOMYOLYSIS AND ACUTE RENAL FAILURE AFTER THYROIDECTOMY: A CASE REPORT

Rhabdomyolysis is a potentially life-threatening syndrome resulting from the breakdown of skeletal muscle fibers with leakage of muscle contents into the circulation. We report a case of a 24-year-old woman with hypocalcemia which occured after a thyroidectomy operation. This hypocalcemia was severe enough to cause convulsion, rhabdomyolysis and acute renal failure. The reason of severe hypocalcemia in our case may be multifactorial; hypoparathyroidism, rhabdomyolysis and acute renal failure. The development of hypocalcemia, convulsion attacks, rhabdomyolysis and acute renal failure occurring in the patient after iatrogenic hypoparathyroidism has rendered the case interesting due to the rarity of such developments

An unusual vascular involvement in a patient with Behcet's disease: Renal artery stenosis

11th International Conference on Behcets Disease -- OCT 27-31, 2004 -- Antalya, TURKEYWOS: 000251405700013PubMed ID: 18004096Behcet's disease (BD) is a rare multisystem inflammatory disorder characterized by recurrent ulcers affecting the mouth and genitals, various skin lesions, relapsing iritis, and vasculitis. Vascular events may dominate the clinical presentation in some patients with BD. Hitherto three forms of vascular disease such as venous occlusions, arterial aneurysms, and arterial occlusions have been reported in BD. Renal vascular involvement has reported in less than 1 % of the patients with vascular BD. A case of BD with renovascular hypertension is reported. To our knowledge, a case of BD with renovascular hypertension treated with angioplasty and stent implantation has not been reported previously

The effects of weekly mupirocin application on infections in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis patients.

Application of mupirocin to the nares or catheter exit site and frequency of mupirocin administration in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) patients remain controversial. The objective of our study was to evaluate, using a historical control group, the efficacy on CAPD-related infections of once-weekly application of mupirocin at the catheter exit site. We instructed 18 CAPD patients, who did not initially use prophylactic antibiotic treatment, about once-weekly application of mupirocin ointment to the exit site as part of their exit-site care. We recorded the incidence of catheter-related infections, the causative micro-organisms, and the rate of catheter loss. We observed 17 acute exit-site infections (AESIs: 0.45 episodes/patient-year) before mupirocin treatment and 2 AESIs (0.06 episodes/patient-year) after treatment. The relative rate of AESI reduction was 86%. Before application of mupirocin, 52% of AESIs were attributable to Staphylococcus-aureus; after mupirocin administration, no AESIs were staphylococcal. Peritonitis episodes were also reduced from 21 before mupirocin treatment (0.56 episodes/patient-year), to 9 after mupirocin administration (0.29 episodes/patient-year). The relative rate of peritonitis reduction was 48%. Once-weekly application of mupirocin to the exit site resulted in a reduction in exit-site infections and peritonitis episodes comparable to those obtained with daily application

The effects of irbesartan and spironolactone in prevention of peritoneal fibrosis in rats

Background: Bacteria peritonitis episodes may disturb the functional and histological integrity of the peritoneum in peritoneal dialysis patients. The renin-angiotensin-aldo-steronesystem may have fibrotic effects on the peritoneum

Nebivolol as a prophylactic agent against contrast-induced nephropathy in rats

44th ERA-EDTA Congress -- JUN 22-24, 2007 -- Barcelona, SPAINWOS: 000253320600664ERA-EDT

Oral-facial-digital syndrome type 1, Caroli's disease and cystic renal disease

WOS: 000238538100037PubMed ID: 16384823TelethonFondazione Telethon [TGM06A01, TGM06S01