Renal biopsy: a nursing perspective.(Clinical report)

Renal Society of Australasia Journal;  March 1, 2007 ;     700+ 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...

Typing of Amyloidosis in Renal Biopsies: Diagnostic Pitfalls

Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine;  June 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......staining patterns in renal biopsies with amyloidosis, causing...diagnostic pitfalls. Design.-Renal biopsies from 15 patients, including...immu-noglobin light chains on renal biopsy, as the first step to...relatively uncommon cause of renal disease and protein-uria...of all ...

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 ;     700+ 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...

Systemic reactive (AA) amyloidosis in a patient with Glanzmann...

Amyloid;  December 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......thrombasthenia, nephrotic syndrome, renal biopsy Abbreviations: GT = Glanzmann thrombasthenia...syndrome, we planned to perform a renal biopsy. Due to her bleeding disorder, we preferred a laparoscopic renal biopsy under general anesthesia instead...

Percutaneous Renal Biopsy as an Outpatient Procedure

Journal of the National Medical Association;  September 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Percutaneous renal biopsy (PRB) is a safe and effective tool in the diagnosis...an outpatient basis. Key words: percutaneous renal biopsy * outpatient INTRODUCTION Glomerular diseases...renal diseases. The introduction of percutaneous renal biopsy (PRB) in clinical practice has ...

Consider vasculitis as a differential in the systemically...

Family Practice News;  July 15, 2007 ;     700+ 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 ;     700+ 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 ;     700+ 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 ;     700+ 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 ;     700+ 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 ;     700+ 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 ;     700+ 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...