Can adequate treatment influence the postembolization syndrome and cytokine release in patients undergoing iatrogenic renal artery embolization?
Prague Med Rep
; 112(4): 253-62, 2011.
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ABSTRACT
The complete renal artery embolization is an alternative to surgical nephrectomy in seriously ill patients. Iatrogenic embolization can be used in many different conditions. Refractory nephrotic syndrome represents a very rare indication for embolization. Complete renal artery embolization has usually been complicated by postembolization syndrome (PES) which is characterized by flank pain and fever. Possible immunologic contribution to the PES leads some authors to the administration of corticosteroids to the patients undergoing embolization. We report here a cohort of 13 patients undergoing complete embolization of total 21 kidneys due to refractory nephrotic syndrome non-responding to the various specific treatment regimes. We treated our patients undergoing renal artery embolization according to special protocol containing combination of antibiotic drugs and corticosteroids (CS) to diminish PES and evaluated its influence to the cytokine production. The incidence of PES was less frequent and milder in comparison with the historical group of patients. Significant decrease in plasma levels of tumor necrosis factor α during first post-embolization day (8.37 pre- vs. 5.74 pg/ml post-embolization, P=0.0002) could partially explain the reduction of PES symptoms. The procedure was not complicated by severe complications and represents an elegant alternative to surgical procedure. The accurate timing of the embolization remains a controversial point in this intervention.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Contexto en salud:
6_ODS3_enfermedades_notrasmisibles
Problema de salud:
6_chronic_kidney_disease
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6_kidney_renal_pelvis_ureter_cancer
Asunto principal:
Cuidados Paliativos
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Arteria Renal
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Citocinas
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Embolización Terapéutica
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Síndrome Nefrótico
Tipo de estudio:
Guideline
Límite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Prague Med Rep
Asunto de la revista:
MEDICINA
Año:
2011
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
República Checa