Skip Navigation

This Article
Right arrow Full Text Freely available
Right arrow FREE Full Text (PDF) Freely available
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in ISI Web of Science
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow Search for citing articles in:
ISI Web of Science (1)
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Disclaimer
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Rachmani, R.
Right arrow Articles by Korzets, Z.'e.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Rachmani, R.
Right arrow Articles by Korzets, Z.'e.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

Nephrol Dial Transplant (2000) 15: 2050-2052
© 2000 European Renal Association-European Dialysis and Transplant Association

Teaching Points

Acute renal failure and paraplegia in a patient with a pelvic-ring fracture

(Section Editor: K. Kühn)

Rita Rachmani1, Zohar Levi1, Rivka Zissin2, Jacques Bernheim,3 and Ze'ev Korzets3

1 Departments of Internal Medicine D, 2 Diagnostic Imaging and 3 Nephrology Meir Hospital Sapir Medical Center, Kfar-Saba and the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel

Keywords: hydronephrosis; paraplegia; pelvic compartment syndrome; retroperitoneal haematoma

Introduction

Acute renal failure (ARF) is a common sequela of trauma. The major factors responsible for ARF in this setting are hypovolaemic shock, sepsis, and the use of nephrotoxic agents. Pelvic-ring fractures are often associated with injuries of the urinary tract in an incidence of 12–40% [1–3]. They are also normally accompanied by retroperitoneal bleeding [3,4]. The presence of anuria in such cases requires the initial exclusion of injuries to the urethra and/or bladder. Although hypotension-induced acute tubular necrosis (ATN) should be considered, obstructive uropathy due to ureteric or bladder compression by a . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Case

Discussion

Teaching points

Notes

References


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?