Tubulointerstitial nephritis associated with minimal self reexposure to rifampinD A Feinfeld
Departments of Medicine and Pathology, Nassau County Medical Center, East Meadow, NY 11554, USA
Am J Kidney Dis 33:e3. 1999
..Renal function began to improve after a 3-week course of prednisone. This case is remarkable for the severity of the renal failure despite such a minimal self-exposure...
- Serum creatinine and blood urea nitrogen over a six-year period in the very old. Creatinine and BUN in the very old
D A Feinfeld
Department of Medicine, Nassau County Medical Center, East Meadow, New York, USA
Geriatr Nephrol Urol 8:131-5. 1998
..Use of diuretics and NSAID by functioning elderly individuals is not necessarily associated with worsening azotemia...
- Changes in venous histology in chronic hemodialysis patients
D A Feinfeld
Departments of Medicine, Surgery, and Pathology, Nassau County Medical Center, East Meadow, NY 11554, USA
Am J Kidney Dis 34:702-5. 1999
..We conclude there may be changes in the veins of hemodialysis patients with time that cause thickening of layers, even in veins not directly used for access. This may affect the creation or survival of subsequent vascular accesses...
- Massive and disproportionate elevation of blood urea nitrogen in acute azotemia
Donald A Feinfeld
Department of Medicine, Nassau University Medical Center, East Meadow, New York 11554, USA
Int Urol Nephrol 34:143-5. 2002
..Mortality is high due to the severe illnesses, especially infection, worsened by decreased renal function and hypercatabolic state...
- Symptomatic atrial arrhythmias in hemodialysis patients
N Ansari
Department of Medicine, Nassau County Medical Center, East Meadow, New York 11554, USA
Ren Fail 23:71-6. 2001
..Risk factors for symptomatic atrial arrhythmias in hemodialysis patients may include hyperparathyroidism and echocardiographic findings of chamber enlargement, valvular lesions, or ventricular dysfunction...
- Life-threatening hyperkalemia after intravenous labetolol injection for hypertensive emergency in a hemodialysis patient
A Hamad
Department of Medicine, Nassau University Medical Center and State University of New York at Stony Brook, East Meadow, NY, USA
Am J Nephrol 21:241-4. 2001
..Physicians should be aware of this potentially lethal complication, which is easily preventable...
- Acute renal dysfunction in acetaminophen poisoning
Girish Mour
Department of Medicine, Nassau University Medical Center, 2201 Hempstead Turnpike, East Meadow, NY 11554, USA
Ren Fail 27:381-3. 2005
..2 +/- 2.0 versus 1.7 +/- 0.9 mg/dL (p < 0.05). We conclude that acute renal failure is not uncommon in APAP poisoning and appears to be unrelated to the degree of liver injury. NAC therapy did not seem to worsen nephrotoxicity...
Metformin-induced lactic acidosis and acute pancreatitis precipitated by diuretic, celecoxib, and candesartan-associated acute kidney dysfunctionPat Audia
Beth Israel Medical Center, Nephrology and Hypertension, New York, New York 10003, USA
Clin Toxicol (Phila) 46:164-6. 2008
..The kidney injury caused the accumulation of metformin, leading to lactic acidosis and acute pancreatitis. Sodium bicarbonate hemodialysis not only improved the metabolic abnormalities but also hastened the removal of metformin...
