title: Transient post-renal obstruction may protect the kidney against nephrotoxic damage--a case report.
abstract: In critically ill patients, acute renal failure is mostly multifactorial in origin. In general, the simultaneous presence of several deleterious factors tends to aggravate the renal damage. The present case report describes a patient with multifactorial acute renal failure, in whom one of the factors contributing to the renal failure, i.e. transient unilateral post-renal obstruction, apparently protected the obstructed kidney against damage from other causes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Groningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Navis
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Rommes
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Baur
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: de Jong
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000150:complications*; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000009:adverse effects; D004008:Diclofenac / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007022:Hypotension / Q000150:complications; D008875:Middle Aged; D009403:Nephrostomy, Percutaneous; D011859:Radiography; D014514:Ureteral Calculi / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; D004008:Diclofenac