Allopurinal and acute uric acid nephropathy.

Allopurinal and acute uric acid nephropathy.

being those referred to above) and three were from wards in which neomycin-resistant infections already existed or subsequently occurred. Treatment of nasal carriers of these organisms presents a problem. Almost all are resistant also to penicillin, streptomycin, tetracycline, and erythromycin, there are obvious objections to the use of methicillin or chloramphenicol, fucidin is irritant as a n...

Acute uric acid nephropathy: a complication of phencyclidine intoxication.

Phencyclidine (also known as PCP, angel dust, crystal and hog) has become an important drug of abuse and approximately 100 cases of serious intoxication are seen each month in the Emergency Room of our hospital. Major complications reported with phencyclidine abuse include respiratory depression, convulsions, coma, rhabdomyolysis, hyperpyrexia, and hypertensive crisis (Peterson and Stillman, 19...

Serum uric acid and diabetic nephropathy

N ew s an d Vi ew s Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education: Diabetic nephropathy is the most common cause of end-stage renal disease worldwide. Recently, some prospective randomized controlled trials suggested that lowering of uric acid with allopurinol could decrease the severity of proteinuria and probably slow the progression of renal failure in diabetic patients. ...

Serum uric acid level in acute stroke patients

 Background: The role of uric acid as a risk factor for vascular disease and acute stroke is controversial and there is little information about it. In this study, we determined serum uric acid levels in patients with acute stroke and assessed its relationship with cerebrovascular risk factors. Methods: In this cross sectional study, we assessed patients with acute stroke who were admitted in F...

Acute uric acid nephropathy following angiography and coronary artery bypass surgery.