Ichthyotoxic ARF after fish gallbladder ingestion: A large case series from Vietnam

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 220-224

  Xuan, Bich Huyen Nguyen ^a,b,c,d,e   Thi, Tan Xuan Nguyen ^a,b,c,d,e   Nguyen, Su Tan ^a,b,c,d,e   Goldfarb, David S ^a,b,c,d,e   Stokes, M Barry ^a,b,c,d,e   Rabenou, Rahmin A ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a CHO RAY HOSPITAL   (Viet Nam)

^b Gia Dinh People's Hospital   (Viet Nam)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute renal failure (ARF); Acute tubular necrosis; Dialysis; Gallbladder; Traditional medicine; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; FISH VENOM; INFUSION FLUID;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ACUTE KIDNEY TUBULE NECROSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIARRHEA; DISEASE COURSE; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FISH; GALLBLADDER; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INGESTION; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY INJURY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER FAILURE; MICTURITION DISORDER; NEPHROTOXICITY; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE VOLUME; VIET NAM; VOMITING;

EID: 0037228014     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ajkd.2003.50008     Document Type: Article

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