1. Acute renal failure due to pericardial tamponade in a 60-year-old male patient.
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Giljača, Vanja, Mavrić, Žarko, Zaputović, Luka, Vuksanović-Mikuličić, Sretenka, Mesaroš-Devčić, Iva, Maleta, Ivica, and Rački, Sanjin
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ACUTE kidney failure , *CRITICALLY ill , *CRITICAL care medicine , *KIDNEY diseases , *DEATH (Biology) - Abstract
Acute renal failure (ARF) is still a considerable factor in hospital morbidity and mortality. This clinical condition occurs in up to 25% of critically ill patients. Mortality in these patients varies widely depending on the cause. ARF in the context of a large pericardial effusion and pericardial tamponade has not often been reported. This paper presents a case of life-threatening pericardial tamponade and a consecutive rapid onset of ARF. Successful treatment with pericardiocentesis was performed, which was followed by restitution of renal function. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2009
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