Malignant hypertension complicated by acute renal failure

Diabetic ketosis complicated by acute renal failure.

Acute renal failure secondary to malignant hypertension induced thrombotic microangiopathy.

T thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) represents a discreet group of disorders with common pathological features including fibrinoid necrosis, endothelial cell injury, and obstruction of vessels.1 The clinical presentation of TMA includes microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, and functional impairment of various organ systems. Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) and thrombotic thrombocy...

Primary meningococcal pericarditis complicated by acute renal failure.

Ceftriaxone induced hemolysis complicated by acute renal failure.

Over the last decade, second and third generation cephalosporins have been the most common drugs causing hemolytic anemia (HA). Of these cases, 20% have been attributed to ceftriaxone. The clinical presentation of ceftriaxone-induced HA is usually abrupt with sudden onset of pallor, tachypnea, cardio-respiratory arrest and shock. Acute renal failure (ARF) has been reported in 41% of such cases ...

MITRAL STENOSIS COMPLICATED BY RENAL ARTERY EMBOLISM

Six patients with mitral stenosis complicated by renal artery embolism studied prospectively are presented. In five patients there was unilateral and in one patient bilateral renal artery involvement. The diagnosis was confirmed by intravenous pyelography, retrograde pyelography, renal angiography, renal scan or a combination of these. All had atrial fibrillation, proteinuria and elevated ...