LOWER NEPHRON SYNDROME
Authors: G E BURCH, C T RAY
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1949)

Article1 November 1949LOWER NEPHRON SYNDROMEG. E. BURCH, M.D., C. T. RAY, M.D.G. E. BURCH, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, C. T. RAY, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-31-5-750 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe relatively high frequency with which the lower nephron syndrome, a highly fatal disease state, is observed clinically makes imperative a thorough acquaintance with the clinical picture. The syndrome is particularly common during wartime, when man receives bodily injury.15, 16, 61, 74It may be produced by transfusion reactions3, 24, 28, 31, 45; crushing injury,16, 30, 33, 47, 61, 83burns,38, 48, 63, 82,heat stroke,68blackwater fever,41, 66, 105, 108toxemia of pregnancy, uteroplacental damage,109certain types of intoxications,27, 34, 36, 87, 101such as sulfonamide reactions,42, 43, 62, 94and other conditions.46, 57, 65, 70, 84, 110The...Bibliography1. ABELROWNTREETURNER JJLGBB: On the removal of diffusible substances from the circulating blood of living animals by dialysis, Jr. Pharmacol. and Exper. Therap., 1914, v, 275-316. Google Scholar2. ANDERSONMORRISONWILLIAMS WADBEF: Pathologic changes following injections of ferrihemate (hematin) in dogs, Arch. Path., 1942, xxxiii, 589-602. Google Scholar3. AYERGAULD GDAG: Uremia following blood transfusion; nature and significance of renal changes, Arch. Path., 1942, xxxiii, 513-532. Google Scholar4. 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