title: [Treatment of kidney failure in multiple myeloma by chronic hemodialysis. Apropos of 4 cases].
abstract: A report of the treatment by repeated dialysis of irreversible renal failure complicating 4 cases of multiple myeloma. The latter condition continued to progress, with death occurring after three, six, eight and twenty seven months. The last case was the only one with an indiscutable haematological and clinical remission. The effectiveness of chemotherapy is the reason for the use of the artifical kidney. Treatment may be hoped to be active if the renal failure is acute, a presenting feature of the myeloma. Such a hope is practically vain if the renal failure develops progressively, in a patient already on treatment. The indication for haemodialysis is thus more than open to discussion.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000401:mortality; D003287:Contrast Media / Q000009:adverse effects; D003681:Dehydration / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007455:Iodine / Q000009:adverse effects; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D008134:Long-Term Care; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000150:complications* / Q000401:mortality; D006435:Renal Dialysis
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D007455:Iodine
vernacular_title: Traitement de l'insuffisance rénale du myélome multiple par l'hemodialyse chronique. A propos de 4 cas