title: Favourable outcome of scleroderma renal crisis.
abstract: Severe hypertension and rapidly progressive acute renal failure is a well recognized complication of scleroderma, often referred to as the renal crisis, and widely thought to cause irreversible deterioration in renal function. With the advent of angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitors (ACE-I) the outlook for patients with this condition has dramatically improved. We report here one such patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rheumatology, St George's Hospital, London, England.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Collins
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Eastwood
authors.forename: B E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Bourke
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D000328:Adult; D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002216:Captopril / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012595:Scleroderma, Systemic / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors; D002216:Captopril