Publications by authors named "Patrick Giraud"
Background And Objectives: Enteric overabsorption of oxalate may lead to hyperoxaluria and subsequent acute oxalate nephritis (AON). AON related to chronic pancreatitis is a rare and poorly described condition precluding early recognition and treatment.
Design, Setting, Participants, & Measurements: We collected the clinical characteristics, treatment, and renal outcome of 12 patients with chronic pancreatitis-associated AON followed in four French renal units.
Purpose: Life-threatening hyperkalemia may be induced by drugs and preventable in at-risk patients. This study was designed to describe cases of 'serious' drug-associated hyperkalemia.
Methods: Adult subjects with a serum potassium concentration above 6.
Article Synopsis
- Seven patients developed acute renal failure after being treated with fluindione, displaying symptoms of allergy such as fever and dyspnea.
- All patients had high eosinophil counts and renal biopsies showed tubulo-interstitial nephritis, sometimes with granuloma.
- This study highlights a serious side effect of fluindione, which has been rarely reported in previous literature.
Background: Although posttransfusion bacterial sepsis is rare, this complication is associated with a high mortality rate.
Case Report: A fatal case of septic shock was observed in a 71-year-old patient following transfusion of contaminated red blood cells (RBCs) for refractory anemia. Yersinia enterocolitica was isolated from the patient's blood sample and the transfused RBCs.