Acute renal failure secondary to hemorrhagic compartment syndrome and subsequential rhabdomyolysis
Manion, B.A.
Anna Journal 15(3): 188; 194
1988
ISSN/ISBN: 8750-0779 PMID: 3389924 Document Number: 3742
This patient required only three hemodialysis treatments before the restoration of renal function. After it was determined that the patient was intravascularly volume depleted, she was challenged with increased fluid and diuretics to which she responded with decreasing azotemia and increased urine output. An infection of left leg wound was treated with multiple antibiotics and resolved. Her affect became less blunted as treatment progressed and it is difficult to differentiate between the changes in mental status/sensorium due to the azotemia vs. the underlying emotional problems. The patient is presently receiving physical therapy in a protected environment to optimize the mobility of the left leg.
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