Serum Folate and Vitamine B12 Levels in Acute and Chronic Renal Disease. Effect of Peritoneal Dialysis

Serum folate and vitamin B₁₂ levels have been measured in 32 patients with renal failure. The initial mean serum folate level was raised above normal in seven patients with acute renal failure whereas the mean level in eight patients severely ill from chronic renal failure was significantly lower than normal. Serum folate levels fell during peritoneal dialysis and rose between dialyses in all these patients and also in one patient who was dialysed for acute pancreatitis.The mean serum B₁₂ level was raised in patients with both acute and chronic renal failure, but there was no consistent change in serum B₁₂ level during dialysis.Hypersegmented polymorphs were present in the peripheral blood film of most of the patients with acute or chronic renal failure. Their presence bore no relation to the clinical state, blood urea, serum folate, or serum B₁₂ level of the patients.     

Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome associated with acute pancreatitis

Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) is a systemic infectious disease caused by Hantaviruses and characterized by fevers,bleeding tendencies,gastrointestinal symptoms and renal failure.It encom...     

A cervical ligamentum flavum cyst in an 82-year-old woman presenting with spinal cord compression: a case report and review of the literature

Introduction

Legionnaires' disease is recognized as a multi-systemic illness. Afflicted patients may have pulmonary, renal, gastrointestinal tract and central nervous system complications. However, renal insufficiency is uncommon. The spectrum of renal involvement may range from a mild and transient elevation of serum creatinine levels to anuric renal failure requiring dialysis and may be linked to several causes. In our present case report, we would like to draw attention to the importance of the pathological documentation of acute renal failure by reporting a case of a patient with acute tubulointerstitial nephritis complicating Legionnaires' disease.

Case presentation

A 55-year-old Caucasian man was admitted to our hospital for community-acquired pneumonia complicated by acute renal failure. Legionella pneumophila serogroup type 1 was diagnosed. Although the patient's respiratory illness responded to intravenous erythromycin and ofloxacin therapy, his renal failure worsened, he became anuric, and hemodialysis was started. A renal biopsy was performed, which revealed severe tubulointerstitial nephritis. After initiation of steroid therapy, his renal function improved dramatically.

Conclusions

This case highlights the importance of kidney biopsies in cases where acute renal failure is a complicating factor in Legionnaires' disease. If the presence of acute tubulointerstitial nephritis can be confirmed, it will likely respond favorably to steroidal treatment and thus irreversible renal damage and chronic renal failure will be avoided.     

Phylogenomics,phylogeography and germplasms authentication of the Rheum palmatum complex based on complete chloroplast genomes

Journal of Plant Research - As a traditional Chinese medicine, rhubarb is used to treat several diseases such as severe acute pancreatitis, sepsis and chronic renal failure. However, few studies...     

Urgent endovascular ligature of a ruptured splenic artery pseudoaneurysm in a patient with acute pancreatitis: a case report

Introduction

We report on the successful endovascular treatment of a ruptured splenic artery pseudoaneurysm. Our patient had acute pancreatitis superimposed on chronic calcific pancreatitis and chronic renal impairment. Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography was used to assess post-embolization results.

Case presentation

Our patient was a 67-year-old white Caucasian man with recurrent pancreatitis. Computed tomography angiography showed a pancreatic pseudocyst with a ruptured pseudoaneurysm, which was successfully embolized using an endovascular percutaneous approach. At six months, persistent renal failure led to contrast-enhanced ultrasonography. This confirmed the absence of turbulent blood flow and extravasation of contrast medium in the pseudocyst.

Conclusion

Our experience with this case leads us to support the role of interventional radiology as a first-line treatment tool. Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography can be used to follow-up embolization procedures in patients with impaired renal function.     

低剂量多巴胺对急性心衰合并肾功能不全患者的影响

目的:探讨低剂量多巴胺能否通过利尿作用改善急性左心衰患者的充血症状以及肾功能。方法:将2013年9月至2013年12月我院收治的80例急性心衰合并肾功能不全的患者随机分为对照组和治疗组,每组各40例。对照组给予常规治疗,治疗组在常规治疗的基础上加用小剂量多巴胺静脉泵入48小时。观察和比较两组患者48小时内的总尿量及血清胱抑素C的变化、充血症状、肾功能及临床疗效的差异。结果:与对照组相比,治疗组48小时总尿量、血清胱抑素C的变化、体重变化、BNP变化、肌酐变化、进展性心衰发生率、死亡率、治疗失败患者比例均无明显差异(P0.05)。结论:低剂量多巴胺不能在利尿治疗基础上减轻急性心力衰竭并发肾功能不全患者的充血症状或改善肾功能。     

BPC 157 therapy to detriment sphincters failure-esophagitis-pancreatitis in rat and acute pancreatitis patients low sphincters pressure

Possibly, acute esophagitis and pancreatitis cause each other, and we focused on sphincteric failure as the common causative key able to induce either esophagitis and acute pancreatitis or both of them, and thereby investigate the presence of a common therapy nominator. This may be an anti-ulcer pentadecapeptide BPC 157 (tested for inflammatory bowel disease, wound treatment) affecting esophagitis, lower esophageal and pyloric sphincters failure and acute pancreatitis (10 μg/kg, 10 ng/kg intraperitoneally or in drinking water). The esophagitis-sphincter failure procedure (i.e., insertion of the tubes into the sphincters, lower esophageal and pyloric) and acute pancreatitis procedure (i.e., bile duct ligation) were combined in rats. Esophageal manometry was done in acute pancreatitis patients. In rats acute pancreatitis procedure produced also esophagitis and both sphincter failure, decreased pressure 24 h post-surgery. Furthermore, bile duct ligation alone immediately declines the pressure in both sphincters. Vice versa, the esophagitis-sphincter failure procedure alone produced acute pancreatitis. What's more, these lesions (esophagitis, sphincter failure, acute pancreatitis when combined) aggravate each other (tubes into sphincters and ligated bile duct). Counteraction occurred by BPC 157 therapies. In acute pancreatitis patients lower pressure at rest was in both esophageal sphincters in acute pancreatitis patients. We conclude that BPC 157 could cure esophagitis/sphincter/acute pancreatitis healing failure.     

高脂血症性急性重症胰腺炎特征分析及治疗策略

目的:探讨高脂血症性急性重症胰腺炎(HSAP)患者的临床特点及诊疗分析,为急性重症胰腺炎(SAP)的诊治提供偱证依据。方法:回顾性分析了我科自2008年9月到2013年9月收治的101例急性胰腺炎患者血清脂肪酶、淀粉酶浓度、酶恢复时间、白细胞、甘油三酯差异以分析高脂血症性急性重症胰腺炎患者的病情转归情况。结果:HSAP患者甘油三酯(TG)水平男性明显高于女性,差异有统计学意义(P0.05);HSAP患者入院后经过降脂药物治疗HSAP与其他SAP相比较甘油三酯(TG)在短期内基本恢复正常,HSAP中白细胞、酶恢复时间低于其他SAP组,差异有统计学意义(P0.05);HSAP与高脂血症性急性轻型胰腺炎(HMAP)相比较两组间淀粉酶、脂肪酶、甘油三酯比较差异无统计学意义(P0.05),白细胞、酶恢复时间比较差异有统计学意义(P0.05)。结论:HSAP患者TG水平可能与患者的性别有一定的相关性;HSAP患者的病情转归可能与甘油三酯水平相关;甘油三酯水平不能直接决定高脂血症性急性胰腺炎患者病情的轻重。     

不同评分标准对急性胰腺炎严重程度评估价值的比较

目的:分析和评价Ranson、Glasgow、APACHEⅡ和BISAP 4种临床评分标准对急性胰腺炎严重程度的评估价值。方法:回顾性研究急性胰腺炎患者225例,分别应用APACHEⅡ、Ranson、Glasgow及BISAP评分标准对急性胰腺炎患者进行评分,比较分析不同评分标准对该类患者诊断的敏感性、特异性,以及对合并脏器功能不全的预测情况。结果:225例患者中,轻型胰腺炎188例,重型胰腺炎37例,在轻型和重型胰腺炎患者中,4种评分标准分值差异均有统计学意义(P0.01)。47例患者存在器官功能不全,4种评分标准与患者合并脏器功能不全均显著相关。各评分标准中,APACHEⅡ对急性重症胰腺炎评估的敏感性、特异性最好,分别为76%和72%。结论:4中评分方法各有特点,综合应用可能更准确的评估疾病严重程度及预后。     

The Effect of Urography on Renal Function in Patients with Multiple Myeloma

Reports in the medical literature of seven patients with multiple myeloma who died of acute renal failure following intravenous urography prompted a study of 39 patients with multiple myeloma who were subjected to intravenous urography at the Cleveland Clinic from 1940 to 1959. Four developed acute renal failure and two died within three weeks. All four revealed evidence of renal damage, or insufficiency, or both prior to urography. Thirty-five patients, 15 of whom had renal damage, had no untoward reaction to intravenous urography. These observations suggest that urography is associated with a small but definite risk in patients who have multiple myeloma and renal involvement.     

影响急性重症胰腺炎患者死亡的危险因素分析

目的:分析影响急性重症胰腺炎患者死亡的危险因素,为临床防治提供依据。方法:回顾性分析我院2014年11月至2018年10月收治的101例急性重症胰腺炎患者临床资料,根据其治疗结局将其分为生存组(好转出院)82例和死亡组(住院期间死亡)19例,分析影响急性重症胰腺炎患者死亡的危险因素。结果:单因素分析显示:死亡组Ranson评分、急性生理与慢性健康评分(APACHE-II)、CT严重指数(CTSI)、病因、血钙(Ca)、血清白蛋白(ALB)、血糖、血肌酐(Cr)、血尿素氮(BUN)、谷草转氨酶(AST)、上消化道出血发生率、胸腔积液发生率、脓毒血症发生率、休克发生率、多器官功能衰竭发生率与生存组比较差异均有统计学意义(P0.05)。多因素logistic回归分析显示:APACHE-II评分、血糖、Cr、BUN、脓毒血症、休克、多器官功能衰竭是急性重症胰腺炎患者死亡独立危险因素(P0.05),Ca、ALB是其保护因素(P0.05)。结论:影响急性重症胰腺炎患者死亡危险因素包括APACHE-II评分、FPG、Cr、BUN、AST、脓毒血症、休克、多器官功能衰竭,保护因素包括Ca、ALB。     

Continuous arteriovenous hemodialysis: an alternative therapy for acute renal failure associated with critical illness.

Critically ill patients often cannot tolerate conventional hemodialysis because of hemodynamic instability. Continuous arteriovenous hemofiltration provides control of fluid and electrolyte balance but is inefficient in the management of azotemia. Continuous arteriovenous hemodialysis (CAVHD) combines dialysis with hemofiltration. We performed 15 CAVHD treatments of 2 or more days'' duration in 12 critically ill patients aged 23 to 85 (mean 64.4) years who had acute oliguric renal failure as a component of multiple organ system failure and who were unsuitable for conventional hemodialysis. The total treatment time was 106 days. The serum creatinine and urea levels were controlled in all the patients during CAVHD. The ultrafiltrate losses were sufficient to allow appropriate nutrition and fluid administration and still maintain a negative fluid balance. Renal function returned in five patients (42%), of whom four survived to be discharged home. CAVHD is an effective means of managing acute oliguric renal failure in critically ill patients.     

Indicators of acute and persistent renal damage in adult thrombotic microangiopathy

Background

Thrombotic microangiopathies (TMA) in adults such as thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) and hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) are life-threatening disorders if untreated. Clinical presentation is highly variable and prognostic factors for clinical course and outcome are not well established.

Methods

We performed a retrospective observational study of 62 patients with TMA, 22 males and 40 females aged 16 to 76 years, treated with plasma exchange at one center to identify clinical risk factors for the development of renal insufficiency.

Results

On admission, 39 of 62 patients (63%) had acute renal failure (ARF) with 32 patients (52%) requiring dialysis treatment. High systolic arterial pressure (SAP, p = 0.009) or mean arterial pressure (MAP, p = 0.027) on admission was associated with acute renal failure. Patients with SAP>140 mmHg on admission had a sevenfold increased risk of severe kidney disease (OR 7.464, CI 2.097–26.565). MAP>100 mmHg indicated a fourfold increased risk for acute renal failure (OR 4.261, CI 1.400–12.972). High SAP, diastolic arterial pressure (DAP), and MAP on admission were also independent risk factors for persistent renal insufficiency with the strongest correlation for high MAP. Moreover, a high C-reactive protein (CRP) level on admission correlated with renal failure in the course of the disease (p = 0.003). At discharge, renal function in 11 of 39 patients (28%) had fully recovered, 14 patients (23%) remained on dialysis, and 14 patients (23%) had non-dialysis-dependent chronic kidney disease. Seven patients (11%) died. We identified an older age as risk factor for death.

Conclusions

High blood pressure as well as high CRP serum levels on admission are associated with renal insufficiency in TMA. High blood pressure on admission is also a strong predictor of sustained renal insufficiency. Thus, adult TMA patients with high blood pressure may require special attention to prevent persistent renal failure.     

胆囊切除术后急性胰腺炎患者314例的发病特点分析

目的:研究胆囊切除术后患者发生急性胰腺炎的发病特点。方法:回顾性分析2009年10月至2013年10月四川大学华西医院诊断为急性胰腺炎且既往行胆囊切除术患者的病因、病情严重程度、临床特征与转归。结果:研究共纳入314例患者,以高脂血症性胰腺炎占比最高,共110例(35%),胆源性胰腺炎和混合性胰腺炎分别为107例(32%)、96例(31%),酒精性仅7例(2%)。轻症215例,中度31例,重度68例。高脂血症性胰腺炎患者重症率(36%)、胰腺及胰周坏死率(28%)、持续性器官功能衰竭率(36%)、呼吸衰竭率(41%)、ICU转入率(26%)均显著高于胆源性组和混合组,差异具有统计学意义(P0.05)。结论:胆囊切除后的急性胰腺炎以胆源性胰腺炎和高脂血症性胰腺炎居多,其中高脂血症性胰腺炎的病情更严重。     

The kSORT Assay to Detect Renal Transplant Patients at High Risk for Acute Rejection: Results of the Multicenter AART Study

BackgroundDevelopment of noninvasive molecular assays to improve disease diagnosis and patient monitoring is a critical need. In renal transplantation, acute rejection (AR) increases the risk for chronic graft injury and failure. Noninvasive diagnostic assays to improve current late and nonspecific diagnosis of rejection are needed. We sought to develop a test using a simple blood gene expression assay to detect patients at high risk for AR.ConclusionsThe kSORT blood QPCR assay is a noninvasive tool to detect high risk of AR of renal transplants.Please see later in the article for the Editors'' Summary     

Statin-associated muscular and renal adverse events: data mining of the public version of the FDA adverse event reporting system

Objective

Adverse event reports (AERs) submitted to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) were reviewed to assess the muscular and renal adverse events induced by the administration of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitors (statins) and to attempt to determine the rank-order of the association.

Methods

After a revision of arbitrary drug names and the deletion of duplicated submissions, AERs involving pravastatin, simvastatin, atorvastatin, or rosuvastatin were analyzed. Authorized pharmacovigilance tools were used for quantitative detection of signals, i.e., drug-associated adverse events, including the proportional reporting ratio, the reporting odds ratio, the information component given by a Bayesian confidence propagation neural network, and the empirical Bayes geometric mean. Myalgia, rhabdomyolysis and an increase in creatine phosphokinase level were focused on as the muscular adverse events, and acute renal failure, non-acute renal failure, and an increase in blood creatinine level as the renal adverse events.

Results

Based on 1,644,220 AERs from 2004 to 2009, signals were detected for 4 statins with respect to myalgia, rhabdomyolysis, and an increase in creatine phosphokinase level, but these signals were stronger for rosuvastatin than pravastatin and atorvastatin. Signals were also detected for acute renal failure, though in the case of atorvastatin, the association was marginal, and furthermore, a signal was not detected for non-acute renal failure or for an increase in blood creatinine level.

Conclusions

Data mining of the FDA''s adverse event reporting system, AERS, is useful for examining statin-associated muscular and renal adverse events. The data strongly suggest the necessity of well-organized clinical studies with respect to statin-associated adverse events.     

Haemodialysis and transplantation in Wegener's granulomatosis.

Two men with Wegener''s disease began immunosuppressive treatment during severe renal insufficiency. Despite an initial temporary remission new lesions appeared and renal failure progressed. Haemodialysis was started, cytotoxic drugs were stopped, and steroid dosage was reduced. All extrarenal manifestations of the disease remitted, however, suggesting a favourable effect of either the immunosuppression induced by terminal renal failure or the haemodialysis itself. Renal transplantation was then undertaken in both patients. Thirteen and 55 months after the operations respectively renal function was satisfactory and no signs of reactivation of Wegener''s disease had appeared. These results show that whatever the activity of Wegener''s disease and its initial response to immunosuppressive agents, dialysis and transplantation are fully warranted once irreversible renal failure is established.     

Carbon monoxide poisoning and nonoliguric acute renal failure.

Carbon monoxide poisoning in a 37-year-old man was complicated by neurologic damage, skin changes, muscle necrosis and nonoliguric renal failure. The relation between nontraumatic rhabdomyolysis and acute renal failure in carbon monoxide poisoning is reviewed. Recognition of the acute renal failure in such cases is important, for this complication can be fatal; the prognosis is excellent, however, if proper medical management is provided.     

Role of glomerular nitric oxide in glycerol-induced acute renal failure

Myoglobinuric acute renal failure remains one of the least understood clinical syndromes and the mediators involved remain obscure. The aim of the present study was to assess the role of nitric oxide in glycerol-induced acute renal failure under normal conditions and after uninephrectomy. Acute renal failure was induced in rats by injection of 50% glycerol (10 mL x kg(-1) body weight). Half of the animals were subjected to uninephrectomy two days before glycerol injection. Two days after the induction of acute renal failure, glomeruli from some animals were isolated and glomerular nitrite production was measured. Another group of animals was used for acute clearance studies. In this case, the effect of infusing either L-NAME or L-arginine was assayed. Glomerular nitrite production was significantly decreased in glycerol-induced acute renal failure. Glomeruli from uninephrectomized animals showed an increase in nitrite production, both in normal conditions and after glycerol injection, as compared with glomeruli from non-nephrectomized animals. L-NAME infusion worsened renal function in all the study groups, but more slowly in animals with glycerol-induced acute renal failure than in control rats. In uninephrectomized animals L-NAME reduced renal function more than in animals with two kidneys. In conclusion, in this model of acute renal failure the decrease in glomerular nitric oxide production plays an important role in the decrease in renal function. After uninephrectomy, an increase in glomerular nitric oxide synthesis plays a protective role against glycerol-induced acute renal failure.     

Renal failure in otherwise uncomplicated acute viral hepatitis.

Twelve patients with otherwise uncomplicated acute viral hepatitis (two were HBsAg-positive) developed renal failure. Apart from dehydration due to repeated vomiting in one patient, no factor responsible for precipitating renal failure could be identified. The clinical course was characterised by renal failure with plasma urea concentrations reaching maximum values of 26-69 mmol/l (175-416 mg/100 ml). Ten patients needed dialysis for up to two weeks. Seven patients recovered completely, while the other five died from sepsis. The types of renal failure were similar to those described in fulminant hepatic failure and cirrhosis--namely, functional renal failure in five patients and acute tubular necrosis in seven. Two of the patients with functional renal failure later developed tubular necrosis. The mechanism responsible for renal failure in acute viral hepatitis is uncertain, though endotoxaemia may contribute.