Fatal renal and hepatic failure following silver nitrate instillation for treatment of chyluria [7]

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 20, Issue , 2005, Pages 1276-1277

  Kulkarni, Amitabh A ^a   Pathak, Milind S ^a   Sirsat, Rasika A ^a  

^a P D HINDUJA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALBUMIN; BILE ACID; BILIRUBIN; CHARCOAL; HEPARIN; SILVER NITRATE;

ARTERY LIGATION; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BLEEDING; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHYLURIA; DIALYSATE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPISTAXIS; EXTUBATION; FATALITY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LETTER; LIVER FAILURE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; NOSE SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHYLE; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; KIDNEY TUBULAR NECROSIS, ACUTE; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; SILVER NITRATE; URINE;

EID: 20844448586     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfh790     Document Type: Letter

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