Acute oliguric renal failure associated with unilateral renal embolism: A successful treatment with iloprost

American Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 444-447

  Levin, Moshe ^a   Nakhoul, Farid ^a   Keidar, Zohar ^a   Green, Jacob ^a  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acute renal failure; Iloprost; Renal artery embolism; Vasospasm

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CREATININE; HEPARIN; ILOPROST; UROKINASE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AGED; ARTERY SPASM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INTRAARTERIAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KIDNEY ANGIOGRAPHY; KIDNEY ARTERY; KIDNEY ARTERY EMBOLISM; OLIGURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILOPROST; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; OLIGURIA; RENAL ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0031657845     PISSN: 02508095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000013368     Document Type: Article

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