Acenocoumarol as a risk factor for calciphylaxis:

[Atypical calciphylaxis secondary to treatment with acenocoumarol].

Adequacy of intermittent renal replacement techniques and survival of ICU patients with acute kidney injury.

showed that female gender is not a significant risk factor for calciphylaxis, while we did not collect data regarding body mass index. Furthermore, the hypotensive episode is not unusual in the patients on chronic hemodialysis, and warfarin is also commonly prescribed. Based on these facts and very low prevalence rate of calciphylaxis, we consider that some determinative factor, which is requir...

Switching from acenocoumarol to warfarin in patients with unstable anticoagulation and its effect on anticoagulation control.

INTRODUCTION Unstable oral anticoagulation increases the risk of thrombotic events and bleedings. Acenocoumarol use has been reported to be associated with two-fold higher risk for instability of anticoagulation control compared to warfarin administration. OBJECTIVES The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of introducing warfarin on anticoagulation control in patients with a variable ...

Calciphylaxis as a Catastrophic Complication in a Patient with POEMS Syndrome

Calciphylaxis is a vascular calcification-cutaneous necrosis syndrome, usually seen in patients with end-stage renal disease and secondary hyperparathyroidism. We report a 57-year-old polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, monoclonal gammopathy, and skin changes (POEMS) syndrome patient complicated with extensive skin ulcers due to calciphylaxis. He first noted a painful cutaneous ulcer ...

Skin wounds associated with calciphylaxis in end-stage renal disease patients on dialysis.

Calciphylaxis is a rare complication of chronic renal failure mostly with poor prognosis. Painful lesions on various skin surface areas are the most prominent feature of this serious disease. Subsequent infection of necrotic skin tissue is associated with the risk of sepsis. Pathophysiology is unclear, but several risk factors are known. The most important risk factor is impaired calcium-phosph...