## Abstract A 50βyearβold male with anuria, creatinine of 5.5 and potassium of 6.5 was referred to our hospital for hemodialysis. Before hemodialysis could be initiated, his blood pressure dropped and liver function tests were found to be increasing rapidly. This prompted us to look for cardiac cau
Cystinuria presenting with acute renal failure and hyperkalemia
β Scribed by Michel Baum
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 57 KB
- Volume
- 21
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0931-041X
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