Open AccessAir in the liver?
Author(s) -
Asher Korzets,
David Sachs,
Regina Gershkovich,
Uri Soimu,
Gabriel Bartal,
Boris Kessel,
Sonia Dudaiav,
Abraham Chlibovsky
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
nephrology dialysis transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1460-2385
pISSN - 0931-0509
DOI - 10.1093/ndt/gfh267
Subject(s) - medicine , intensive care medicine
A 52-year-old male chronic haemodialysis (HD) patient was admitted with a 12 h history of severe, diffuse abdominal pain. Pain had commenced during the final hour of the patient’s previous HD session. The patient had been on dialysis for 22 years. Calciphylaxis of skin over the calf had been successfully treated with daily HD over a 3 month period. On examination the patient was in distress, hypotensive and exhibited abdominal swelling and guarding. Serum LDH levels were markedly elevated. A CT of the abdomen showed three signs of advanced
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