Incidence of human immunodeficiency virus antigenaemia in patients on haemodialysis.
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Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) was diagnosed and confirmed by renal biopsy in an 18-year-old primigravida at the 13th week of pregnancy. Circulating endotoxin was detected and the endotoxemia was progressively reduced by hemodialysis (HD) performed daily from the 3rd to the 9th day of disease. Complete normalization of the renal function was observed on day 34. The authors emphasize the importance of detecting endotoxemia in HUS in order to initiate dialysis early; at the same time they also discuss the pathogenetic role of endotoxin in this disease.
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The mortality rate of 67 sequential cases of acute renal failure (ARF) accompanied by jaundice was compared with the mortality rate of 168 patients without jaundice. The mortality rate in the group of jaundiced patients was 57%, significantly greater (p less than 0.05) than the 42% mortality in patients without jaundice. The mortality rate correlated with serum bilirubin levels; patients with serum bilirubin greater than 20 mg% had a mortality rate of 85%, whereas patients with levels lower than 10 mg% had a mortality rate of only 33%. Average blood pressures were significantly lower (p less than 0.01) in patients with jaundice than in those without. The data indicate that: (1) ARF accompanied by jaundice carries a worse prognosis; (2) reduced blood pressure which accompanies this condition may be an aggravating factor, and (3) serum bilirubin levels may be used as a prognostic index.
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