title: Acute renal failure following jering ingestion.
abstract: We report two cases of acute renal failure that followed the ingestion of jering. Features of jering poisoning included clinical presentation of bilateral loin pain, fever, nausea, vomiting, oligo-anuria, haematuria and passage of sandy particles in the urine. Blood urea (40.8 mmol/l; 21.9 mmol/l) and serum creatinine (1249 mumols/l; 693 mumols/l) were markedly elevated. With conservative therapy which included rehydration with normal saline and alkalinisation of the urine with sodium bicarbonate, the acute renal failure resolved.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur.
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: H'ng
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Nayar
authors.forename: W M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Lau
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Segasothy
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000209:etiology*; D000328:Adult; D005517:Foodborne Diseases / Q000150:complications; D005638:Fruit / Q000506:poisoning*; D006801:Humans; D008296:Malaysia; D008297:Male