Discontinuation of Hemodialysis in a Patient with Anti-GBM Disease by the Treatment with Corticosteroids and Plasmapheresis despite Several Predictors for Dialysis-Dependence

Discontinuation of Hemodialysis in a Patient with Anti-GBM Disease by the Treatment with Corticosteroids and Plasmapheresis despite Several Predictors for Dialysis-Dependence

A 26-year-old man highly suspected of having antiglomerular basement membrane (GBM) disease was treated with corticosteroid pulse therapy 9 days after initial infection-like symptoms with high procalcitonin value. The patient required hemodialysis the next day of the treatment due to oliguria. In ad...

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Main Authors: Yoshihide Fujigaki, Chikayuki Morimoto, Risa Iino, Kei Taniguchi, Yosuke Kawamorita, Shinichiro Asakawa, Daigo Toyoki, Shinako Miyano, Wataru Fujii, Tatsuru Ota, Shigeru Shibata, Shunya Uchida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2017-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Nephrology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/7143649
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