Renal biopsy: a nursing perspective.(Clinical report)

Renal Society of Australasia Journal;  March 1, 2007 ;   Burgoyne, K.;   787 words ......major carers for patients who undergo a renal biopsy. This article discusses the history of renal biopsy, indications and contraindications...staff to understand the rationale behind renal biopsy to ensure optimal care and safety is...

The Renal Biopsy, 3rd ed

Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine;  March 1, 1998 ;   Tubbs, Raymond R;   339 words ......edited by Dr Virginia Livolsi. The Renal Biopsy is the eighth monograph in the series...authors represent a truly cosmopolitan renal biopsy experience, drawing from clinical cases...with an overview of the role of the renal biopsy in the evaluation of renal disease...

OAP bled to death after 'routine' op

Birmingham Mail;  May 29, 2008 ;     180 words ......verdict, saying that 82- year-old Mr Turner died following a renal biopsy. He said there was no evidence of any gross failure to give...multiple organ failure due to a massive haemorrhage. In a renal biopsy there was always a risk of bleeding, although in most cases...

OAP bled to death after 'routine' op.(News)

Birmingham Mail (England);  May 29, 2008 ;     179 words ......verdict, saying that 82-year-old Mr Turner died following a renal biopsy. He said there was no evidence of any gross failure to give...multiple organ failure due to a massive haemorrhage. In a renal biopsy there was always a risk of bleeding, although in most cases...

Chronic thrombotic microangiopathy associated with antineoplastic therapy...

Mayo Clinic Proceedings;  April 1, 2002 ;   Raife, Thomas J; Lager, Donna J;   787 words ......syndromes. Patients and Methods: Portions of renal biopsy specimens from each patient were examined...acute hemolysis or thrombocytopenia. Renal biopsy specimens in all cases showed TM and...diagnosis of TM can only be made by renal biopsy specimens. We describe 6 patients who...

Percutaneous Renal Biopsy as an Outpatient Procedure

Journal of the National Medical Association;  September 1, 2004 ;   Alebiosu, Christopher O; Kadiri, Solomon;   787 words ...Percutaneous renal biopsy (PRB) is a safe and effective tool...outpatient basis. Key words: percutaneous renal biopsy * outpatient INTRODUCTION Glomerular...The introduction of percutaneous renal biopsy (PRB) in clinical practice has contributed...

HELP FOR BLEEDING HEARTS: NEW RESEARCH LINKS THIRD PROTEIN TO...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  April 14, 2006 ;     330 words ......physician-in-chief, has been focusing on a rare disorder known as Glanzmann thrombasthenia, in which platelets lack one of two proteins. Together...of IIb3 will yield more information about not just Glanzmann thrombasthenia but the synthesis of other receptors like it. These...

Consider vasculitis as a differential in the systemically...

Family Practice News;  July 15, 2007 ;   McNamara, Damian;   732 words ......considered. The rheumatologist ordered a renal biopsy and a consultation with ophthalmology...prednisolone and cyclophosphamide, and a renal biopsy showed focal segmental necrotizing glomerulonephritis...indicative of vasculitis, Dr. Watts said. A renal biopsy revealed acute ...

Think vasculitis in the differential of the systemically unwell.(Clinical...

Skin & Allergy News;  August 1, 2007 ;   McNamara, Damian;   787 words ......considered. The rheumatologist ordered a renal biopsy and a consultation with ophthalmology...prednisolone and cydophosphamide, and a renal biopsy showed focal segmental necrotizing glomerulonephritis...indicative of vasculitis, Dr. Watts said. A renal biopsy revealed acute ...

renal biopsy

The Mosby Medical Encyclopedia;      240 words ...The Mosby Medical Encyclopedia 10-01-1996 renal biopsy, the removal of a sample of kidney tissue (biopsy) for a microscope test. It is done to find the cause of a kidney disorder, to...

Images in hematology-oncology

Turkish Journal of Cancer;  October 1, 2006 ;   Kösemehmetoglu, Kemal; Baydar, Dilek Ertoy;   787 words ...An unexpected diagnosis in a renal biopsy Nephrotic Syndrome (NS) has various...differential diagnosis. However, generally renal biopsy is essential for the right diagnosis...proteinuria with renal dysfunction. Renal biopsy was performed for pathologic examination...

The right to know--but at what cost?(Curbside Consultation)(medical ethics...

American Family Physician;  May 1, 2004 ;   Kasman, Deborah;   787 words ......that more invasive diagnostic work--a renal biopsy--would not alter management. If the...may have withheld information about renal biopsy because he may fear that if a biopsy...patient and discussing the possibility of renal biopsy. The second question raised by the son...

Rapid progression to end-stage renal disease in young hypertensive African...

Journal of the National Medical Association;  November 1, 1998 ;   Obialo, Chamberlain I; Hewan-Lowe, Karlene;   787 words ......findings and histologic features on renal biopsy in young hypertensive African Americans...Kidney Disease (AASK) trial,9 based on renal biopsy findings in 39 nondiabetic hypertensive patients, renal biopsy is likely to show vascular lesions...

Renal biopsies: What are some benefits and risks?

DVM;  December 1, 2002 ;   Osborne, Carl A;   787 words ......some diseases (Table 1). In cases where renal biopsy permits establishment of a specific...performing this procedure. Percutaneous renal biopsy is not a procedure that can be studied...the following day. Before attempting renal biopsy in a patient, individuals unfamiliar...

Are Gadolinium-Based Contrast Media Nephrotoxic? A Renal Biopsy Study

Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine;  September 1, 2006 ;   Akgun, Hulya; Gonlusen, Gulfiliz; Cartwright, Joiner Jr; Suki, Wadi N; Truong, Luan D;   787 words ......what is, to our knowledge, the first renal biopsy in this context. A 56-year-old patient...patient developed acute renal failure. A renal biopsy showed acute tubular cell injury including...in humans. We report herein the first renal biopsy from a patient with acute renal failure...