Acute kidney injury requiring haemodialysis following ingestion of mephedrone

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Rhidian, Rhys ^a   Babu, Adarsh ^a  

^a SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4' METHYLMETHCATHINONE; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; BICARBONATE; COCAINE; CREATINE KINASE; DIAZEPAM; METHAMPHETAMINE; OPIATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ANURIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; OLIGOANURIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELONEPHRITIS;

EID: 84876576693     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2012-007974     Document Type: Article

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