Gadolinium nephrotoxicity: Case report of a rare entity and review of the literature

Clinical Nephrology

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 518-522

  Badero, O J ^a,b   Schlanger, L ^a   Rizk, D ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute kidney injury; Contrast media; Gadolinium; Nephrotoxicity

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CHLORIDE; CREATINE; GADOBENATE DIMEGLUMINE; HEMOGLOBIN; PIPERACILLIN; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; TAZOBACTAM; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; AMPUTATION; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DIET THERAPY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; GADOLINIUM INDUCED NEPHROTOXICITY; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY INJURY; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OSTEOMYELITIS; PROTEINURIA; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS; X RAY;

EID: 57349152602     PISSN: 03010430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/cnp70518     Document Type: Article

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