Crystal Induced Arthropathy in Uremia

Mixed crystal-induced arthropathy--a rare finding.

Crystal arthropathy of the prosthetic joint

Complications following knee and hip arthroplasty surgery are not uncommon, with features of pain, erythema, warmth and an effusion strongly suggestive of an underlying infective process. Managing septic arthritis in the setting of a prosthetic joint usually requires complex and invasive surgery. A diagnosis of peri-prosthetic crystal arthropathy is often overlooked, however over the last three...

Defective ADP-induced platelet factor 3 activation in uremia.

P ATIENTS \VITH UREMIA frequently have both prolonged bleeding times,11#{176} suggesting poor platelet plug formation, and impaired prothrombin consumption,1’2’46’#{176}14 ascribed to defective platelet factor 3 activalion. Considerable evidence points to the presence of a qualitative platelet defect in uremia, since such abnormalities cannot be attributed to the mild thrombocytopenia occasiona...

[Neurological complications in uremia].

Neurological complications due to the uremic state or hemodialysis, contribute to the important cause of mortality in patients with uremia. Despite continuous advances in uremic treatment, many neurological complications of uremia, like uremic encephalopathy, peripheral neuropathy and myopathy fail to fully respond to hemodialysis. Moreover, hemodialysis or kidney transplantation may even induc...

Blockade in Uremia

Blood pressure, echocardiography, and aortic and peripheral arterial pulse-wave velocity were studied in 40 hypertensive patients on long-term hemodialysis during a 24-week administration of nitrendipine (1,4-dihydro-2,6-dimethyl-4[m-nitrophenyl] -3,5-pyridine-dicarboxylic acid ethyl methylester) monotherapy. In a double-blind placebo-randomized study, nitrendipine effectively lowered the blood...