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Emphysematous pyelonephritis is a rare, life endangering suppurative infection of the renal parenchyma and perirenal spaces. The disease is encountered mainly in patients with diabetes mellitus and is characterized by the production of intrarenal and, occasionally, perirenal gas. We present 4 cases of emphysematous pyelonephritis encountered in our hospital with review of the literature.
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Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/complicações , Enfisema/diagnóstico , Rim/patologia , Pielonefrite/diagnóstico , Idoso , Enfisema/etiologia , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Pielonefrite/etiologia , Pielonefrite/patologiaAssuntos
Doença Celíaca/epidemiologia , Feminino , Humanos , Incidência , Índia/epidemiologia , Masculino , Estudos RetrospectivosRESUMO
Autorenal transplantation was performed on 32 renal units including three bilateral transplants, in 29 renovascular hypertensive patients. Aortoarteritis in 18, fibromuscular dysplasia in six, and atherosclerosis in five were the causative renal arterial lesions. Young patients with severe or uncontrolled hypertension but with functioning kidneys were selected for this procedure. Follow-up varied from one to seven years. Twenty-two patients were cured of hypertension, four showed improvement and in three the transplanted kidneys failed to function due to vascular thrombosis postoperatively. There was no death in the series.
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Hipertensão Renovascular/terapia , Transplante de Rim , Adulto , Seguimentos , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Fatores de Tempo , Transplante AutólogoRESUMO
During an ethnomedicobotanical survey of Jaunsar-Bawar, a hilly tribal inhabited area in Uttar Pradesh, India, it was observed that about 100 plants are being used by the local Jaunsari tribe for the treatment of various ailments. An alphabetical list of these plants is given along with their family, local name, local uses, locality and collection number.
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Plantas Medicinais/classificação , Índia , Terminologia como AssuntoRESUMO
Sixteen children with renal disease and severe hypertension refractory to other drugs were treated with minoxidil for periods of five days to 77 months. The maximum dose ranged from 0.05 to 1.88 mg/kg/d. With therapy, the mean BP decreased from 158/112 to 133/90. Thirteen children had an antihypertensive response. 2 had progressive rejection of transplanted kidneys, and 1 received a low dose and failed to respond. Complications were hypertrichosis in 14; fluid retention in 4, with congestive heart failure in 1; and decreased renal function in 2. Pericarditis, possibly related to minoxidil, occurred in one child. Minoxidil is a valuable antihypertensive drug in children but should be used with caution.
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Hipertensão Renal/tratamento farmacológico , Minoxidil/uso terapêutico , Pirimidinas/uso terapêutico , Adolescente , Pressão Sanguínea/efeitos dos fármacos , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Seguimentos , Humanos , Lactente , Minoxidil/administração & dosagem , Minoxidil/efeitos adversosRESUMO
Congenital intrathoracic kidney (CIK) is an exceedingly rare anomaly. IN a study of 15,919 autopsies of children by Campbell [1], only one CIK was noted. Less than 50 cases have been reported so far in English literature [3]. Most of the CIK are asymptomatic normal organs which require no medical or surgical treatment. We have had the opportunity of applying scintiphotographic techniques exclusively to follow up a 9 1/2-month-old infant with CIK for 5 years.
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Rim/anormalidades , Tórax/anormalidades , Seguimentos , Humanos , Lactente , Rim/diagnóstico por imagem , Masculino , CintilografiaRESUMO
An intrathoracic kidney, although rare, should be considered in a child with a mass at the base of the lung on a chest radiograph. Excretory urography is diagnostic and may eliminate the need for further extensive investigation and operation.
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Rim/anormalidades , Tórax , Clorotiazida/uso terapêutico , Humanos , Hidralazina/uso terapêutico , Hipertensão/tratamento farmacológico , Hipertensão/etiologia , Lactente , MasculinoRESUMO
Severe renal osteodystrophy with metaphyseal fractures developed in two children with hypoplastic-dysplastic kidneys and chronic renal failure despite therapy with vitamin D, CaCO3, phosphate-binding agents, and protein restriction. Serum immunoreactive parathyroid hormone (iPTH) levels were elevated to 709 and 1,537 pg/mL (N = 255 +/- 92 pg/mL). Total parathyroidectomy and then autotransplantation of a small portion of parathyroids into the left brachioradialis muscle resulted in complete healing of renal osteodystrophy with the same dose of vitamin D. Serum iPTH and histological studies have demonstrated functioning parathyroid autotransplants, 19 and 20 months postoperatively in these two patients. Advantage of such a procedure over 3 3/4 parathyroidectomy is that this transplanted parathyroid tissue is easily accessible for partial removal in case of recurrence of uncontrollable hyperparathyroidism. We believe that total parathyroidectomy and autotransplantation can be successfully performed even in small children.
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Distúrbio Mineral e Ósseo na Doença Renal Crônica/terapia , Glândulas Paratireoides/transplante , Pré-Escolar , Distúrbio Mineral e Ósseo na Doença Renal Crônica/diagnóstico por imagem , Distúrbio Mineral e Ósseo na Doença Renal Crônica/etiologia , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Músculos/cirurgia , Hormônio Paratireóideo/sangue , Radiografia , Transplante Autólogo , Vitamina D/uso terapêuticoRESUMO
A total of 847 cases of cold injury occurred within the short space of 2 weeks during the Indo-Pakistan conflict in Kashmir in December 1971. The management of these cases and their end results are described. A combination of drugs consisting of low-molecular-weight dextran, an anti-inflammatory agent, and a vasodilator was tried with encouraging results. A conservative attitude towards ablation of necrosed tissues paid good dividends.
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Temperatura Baixa/efeitos adversos , Congelamento das Extremidades/terapia , Pé de Imersão/terapia , Medicina Militar , Amputação Cirúrgica , Dextranos/uso terapêutico , Humanos , Índia , Isoxsuprina/uso terapêutico , Masculino , Oxifenilbutazona/uso terapêuticoAssuntos
Síndrome Hemolítico-Urêmica , Injúria Renal Aguda/etiologia , Injúria Renal Aguda/terapia , Adolescente , Adulto , Anemia/etiologia , Anemia/terapia , Anticoagulantes/uso terapêutico , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Coagulação Intravascular Disseminada/complicações , Fibrinolíticos/uso terapêutico , Síndrome Hemolítico-Urêmica/diagnóstico , Síndrome Hemolítico-Urêmica/etiologia , Síndrome Hemolítico-Urêmica/patologia , Síndrome Hemolítico-Urêmica/terapia , Humanos , Lactente , Prognóstico , Fenômeno de Shwartzman/complicações , Desequilíbrio Hidroeletrolítico/terapiaAssuntos
Ciclofosfamida/efeitos adversos , Neoplasias/induzido quimicamente , Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , Ciclofosfamida/uso terapêutico , Feminino , Humanos , Nefropatias/tratamento farmacológico , Leucemia/induzido quimicamente , Linfoma/induzido quimicamente , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Neoplasias/tratamento farmacológico , Fatores de TempoRESUMO
Ten cases of renal hypertension with uncommon causes were presented and unusual problems in their diagnosis and surgical management were discussed. These causes included segmental stenosis involving aberrant renal artery, renal artery stenosis in association with renal arteriovenous fistula, postoperative renal hypertension and hypertension secondary to renal tuberculosis. A high index of clinical suspicion and increasing awareness will help in diagnosing such rare and unusual cases of renal hypertension.