Oxalate nephropathy after continuous infusion of high-dose Vitamin C as an adjunct to burn resuscitation

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2016, Pages e374-e379

  Buehner, Michelle ^a   Pamplin, Jeremy ^b   Studer, Lynette ^a   Hughes, Rhome L ^a   King, Booker T ^b   Graybill, John C ^b   Chung, Kevin K ^b,c  

^a SAN ANTONIO MILITARY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b US ARMY INSTITUTE OF SURGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM OXALATE; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; OXALIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ABOVE KNEE AMPUTATION; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HERNIA; BRONCHOSCOPY; BURN; BURN PATIENT; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; CONTINUOUS HEMOFILTRATION; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CRYSTALLOID; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ESCHAROTOMY; FEMALE; FEVER; FIRE; FLUID RESUSCITATION; GANGRENE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEART BLOCK; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NEUROIMAGING; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RESUSCITATION; SHOCK; SKIN SURGERY; THERMAL INJURY; TISSUE PERFUSION; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; URINE VOLUME; YOUNG ADULT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; FLUID THERAPY; KIDNEY DISEASE; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; ASCORBIC ACID; BURNS; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; OXALATES; RESUSCITATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84978033993     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0000000000000233     Document Type: Article

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