Acute renal failure secondary to ingestion of ayurvedic medicine containing mercury

Indian Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 301-303

  Sathe, K ^a   Ali, U ^a   Ohri, A ^a  

^a B J WADIA HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (India)

Author keywords

Children; d Penicillamine; heavy metal poisoning; hemodialysis; mercury intoxication; tubulointerstitial nephritis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; AYURVEDIC DRUG; CREATININE; DEXAMETHASONE; HEMOGLOBIN; MERCURY; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PENICILLAMINE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANURIA; ARTICLE; AYURVEDA; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETER REMOVAL; CHELATION THERAPY; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CONVULSION; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CRYSTAL; DIALYSIS CATHETER; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEAVY METAL POISONING; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY HYPERTROPHY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TRADITIONAL HEALER; TREATMENT DURATION; UROSEPSIS; VOMITING;

EID: 84880715956     PISSN: 09714065     EISSN: 19983662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0971-4065.114485     Document Type: Article

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