Abstract: IN PATIENTS with acute renal failure, recovery may be delayed<sup>1,2</sup>and has occurred as late as 28 to 34 days.<sup>3-6</sup>Persistence of oliguria or anuria beyond that time carries a grave prognosis. Nevertheless, the survival of patients after prolonged periods of oliguria<sup>7</sup>suggests that the outlook is not invariably hopeless and that late return of some renal function may unexpectedly occur. It is therefore pertinent to report a patient with renocortical necrosis who made a partial recovery after being maintained by peritoneal dialysis during a period of 49 days of anuria and oliguria. Serial biopsies were a poor guide to prognosis in this case. <h3>Report of a Case</h3> A 26-year-old housewife was admitted to the Presbyterial-St. Luke's Hospital on Feb 7, 1966, in the sixth month of her fourth pregnancy. A diagnosis of preeclampsia was made during previous pregnancies and elevation of the blood pressure was noted
Publication Year: 1967
Publication Date: 1967-05-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref', 'pubmed']
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