Abstract | BACKGROUND: METHODS: Data of infant patients with urinary calculus and acute renal failure due to melamine tainted formula milk admitted to the Beijing Children's Hospital Affiliated to the Capital Medical University and the Xuzhou Children's Hospital in 2008 were used to analyze the epidemiological characteristics, clinical manifestations, imaging features as well as effects of 4 types of therapies. RESULTS: All the 34 infants with urinary calculus were complicated with acute renal failure, their blood urea nitrogen (BUN) was (24.1+/-8.2) mmol/L and creatinine (Cr) was (384.2+/-201.2) micromol/L. The chemical analysis on the urinary calculus sampled from 15 of the infants showed that the calculus contained melamine and acidum uricum. The time needed for the four types of therapies for returning Cr to normal was (3.5+/-1.9) days for cystoscopy group, (2.7+/-1.1) days for lithotomy group, (3.8+/-2.3) days for dialysis group, and (2.7+/-1.6) days for medical treatment group, which had no statistically significant difference (P=0.508). Renal failure of all the 34 infants was relieved within 1 to 7 days, averaging (3.00+/-1.78) days. CONCLUSIONS:
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Authors | Ning Sun, Ying Shen, Qiang Sun, Xu-ran Li, Li-qun Jia, Gui-ju Zhang, Wei-ping Zhang, Zhi Chen, Jian-feng Fan, Ye-ping Jiang, Dong-chuan Feng, Rui-feng Zhang, Xiao-yu Zhu, Hong-zhan Xiao |
Journal | Chinese medical journal
(Chin Med J (Engl))
Vol. 122
Issue 3
Pg. 245-51
(Feb 05 2009)
ISSN: 2542-5641 [Electronic] China |
PMID | 19236798
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Acute Kidney Injury
(diagnosis, etiology, pathology, therapy)
- Child, Preschool
- Cystoscopy
- Female
- Humans
- Infant
- Male
- Peritoneal Dialysis
- Retrospective Studies
- Treatment Outcome
- Triazines
(poisoning)
- Urinary Calculi
(complications, diagnosis, pathology, therapy)
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