Kidney Failure

  • Drugs for the prevention and treatment of acute renal failure
    Frank Cosentino, DO
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 1995, 62 (4) 248-253;

    Mannitol, loop diuretics, dopamine, and calcium antagonists show promise, but they have not yet been rigorously tested for this indication. Caution is advised.

  • Potential molecular therapy for acute renal failure
    H. David Humes, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 1993, 60 (2) 166-168;

    As more is learned about renal epithelial cell regeneration and differentiation, exogenously administered growth promoters seem a likely intervention.

  • Benign intracranial hypertension and chronic renal failure
    Douglas Chang, MD, Gary Nagamoto, MD and William E. Smith, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 1992, 59 (4) 419-422;

    Chronic renal failure of unknown etiology is described in a patient with new-onset headache, papilledema, and intracranial pressures between 200 and 400 mm H2O.

  • The anemia of chronic renal failure
    Emil P. Paganini, MD, FACP, José Garcia, MD, Mohamed Abdulhadi, MD, Deborah Lathim, RN, Joan Giesman, RN and James K. Weick, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 1989, 56 (1) 79-86;
  • Cardiovascular disease in patients with chronic renal failure
    Richard C. Becker, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 1988, 55 (6) 521-530;
  • Primary hyperoxaluria
    Donald R. Steinmuller, M.D.
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 1985, 52 (1) 27-30;