RENAL FUNCTION DURING AND AFTER DIABETIC COMA 1

Glomerular filtration rate, renal blood flow and blood viscosity during and after diabetic coma.

IT HAS Ions been recognized that renal disturbances may develop during the course of a diabetic coma. But only a few attempts have been made to evaluate the nature and the cause of these changes. In a first approach to this problem, McCance and Widdowson found a decreased inulin clearance and low oreatinine/inulin and urea/inulin clearance ratios. Two years ago, we reported a case in which the ...

Disorders of renal function in hepatic coma.

Renal failure is a frequent complication in advanced liver disease (Conn, 1973; Papper, 1978). Gastrointestinal bleeding and forced diuresis may be the causes in fulminant hepalic. failure and cirrhosis (Hecker and Sherlock, 1956; Shear et al., 1965). Hepatic coma or an associated metabolic abnormality may affect renal function or aggravate pre-existing renal abnormalities in severe liver disea...

Prevalence of herpes simplex virus type 1 and 2 infections in renal transplant recipients and their renal function

Background and Objectives: Viral infections are a major problem for transplant recipients. Reactivation of viruses is associated with the use of strong immunosuppressive drugs. Herpes simplex virus infections in renal transplant patients may become severe without treatment. Although the prevalence and role of herpes simplex viruses 1 and 2 in bone marrow and lung recipients are well known; howe...

The management of diabetic coma.

Renal function after leptospirosis.

It is generally assumed that a patient who survives an attack of leptospirosis is left with normal kidneys (Van Thiel, 1948; Gsell, 1952; Ross Russell, 1959), but no long-term follow-up study has been published and certain facts suggest the need for such an investigation. Firstly, the frequency of renal damage in this disease is illustrated by the reports of Penna et al. (1963) and de Brito et ...