THE CLINICAL SPECTRUM OF POSTPARTUM ACUTE RENAL INSUFFICIENCY
Authors: G E SCHREINER, L B BERMAN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1955)

Article1 December 1955THE CLINICAL SPECTRUM OF POSTPARTUM ACUTE RENAL INSUFFICIENCYGEORGE E. SCHREINER, M.D., LEONARD B. BERMAN, M.D.GEORGE E. SCHREINER, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, LEONARD B. BERMAN, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-43-6-1230 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe literature on acute renal insufficiency which has accumulated since Bywaters' description of the crush syndrome1documents the general agreement that now exists on several aspects of the problem. These include the identification of agents or circumstances which precipitate acute renal failure,2the gross and microscopic renal pathology,3, 4broad outlines of the clinical course,5renal function during the diuretic phase,4, 5, 6, 7, 8and rational principles of management.9, 10Terminology has likewise evolved from earlier, anatomically oriented forms (e.g., lower nephron nephrosis) to the currently popular "acute renal insufficiency" or "acute renal failure," terms somewhat more consonant with...Bibliography1. BywatersBeall EGD: Crush injuries with impairment of renal function, Brit. M. J. 1: 427, 1941. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. Smith HW: The kidney. Structure and function in health and disease, 1951, Oxford University Press, New York, pp. 753-754. Google Scholar3. Lucke B: Lower nephron nephrosis. The renal lesions of the crush syndrome, of burns, transfusions, and other conditions affecting the lower segments of the nephrons, Mil. Surgeon 99: 371, 1946. 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