Pathogenesis of acute kidney failure in hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome
Fazlyeva, R.M.; Saltykov, B.B.; Khusainova, F.S.; Sakaeva, M.F.
Klinicheskaia Meditsina 64(4): 106-109
1986
ISSN/ISBN: 0023-2149 PMID: 2873266 Document Number: 283967
The immune system and homeostatic indices were studied in 105 patients (17-57 yrs. old) with acute renal insufficiency (ARI) caused by hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HLRS). The study of circulating immune complexes (CIC) and immunoglobulins G and A in patients with ARI showed that immunological activity depended on the degree of ARI severity. Patients with HLRS and ARI were found to have a higher level of CIC, IgG and IgA in their blood. HLRS combined with ARI caused phasic homeostatic changes: intensification of thrombin and fibrin formation and insufficient fibrin degradation. Simultaneous increase of levels of fibrin degradation products in the blood and thrombocytopenia pointed to the presence of thrombohemorrhagic syndrome (THS). This syndrome is related to the development of microthromboses and hemorrhagic diathesis. This was found to cause profound microcirculatory damage, and its severity determined the outcome of the disease.