Case 7-2006: A 47-year-old man with altered mental status and acute renal failure

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 354, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1065-1072

  Takayesu, J Kimo ^a,b   Bazari, Hasan ^a,b   Linshaw, Michael ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 METHYLPYRAZOLE; BICARBONATE; CALCIUM OXALATE; CEFTRIAXONE; CLINDAMYCIN; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; ETOMIDATE; GABAPENTIN; GLUCONATE CALCIUM; LORAZEPAM; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; METHADONE; METRONIDAZOLE; OXYCODONE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; QUETIAPINE; SUXAMETHONIUM; VANCOMYCIN;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ANION GAP; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LETHARGY; MALE; MASTOIDITIS; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; METHADONE TREATMENT; OPIATE ADDICTION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLURRED SPEECH; SOMNOLENCE; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; URINE SEDIMENT; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; ACID BASE BALANCE; ACIDOSIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEIZURE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; URINE;

ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM; ACIDOSIS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYCODONE; POISONING; SEIZURES; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; URINE;

EID: 33644822467     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcpc059043     Document Type: Article

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