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Analgesic nephropathy interventions
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Patients with analgesic nephropathy that present with acute renal failure or progression to end stage renal disease (ESRD) may require renal replacement therapy with dialysis.
Interventions
Interventions
Renal Replacement Therapy with Dialysis
Patients with analgesic nephropathy that present with acute renal failure or progression to end stage renal disease (ESRD) may require renal replacement therapy with dialysis.[1][2]
Other
Due to risk of infection, urinary catheterization is usually avoided in patients with analgesic nephropathy.[3]
References
References
- ā Linton AL (1972). “Renal disease due to analgesics. I. Recognition of the problem of analgesic nephropathy”. Can Med Assoc J. 107 (8): 749ā51. PMCĀ 1941002. PMIDĀ 4638849. Unknown parameter
|month=ignored (help) - ā Nanra RS (1980). “Clinical and pathological aspects of analgesic nephropathy”. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 10 Suppl 2: 359Sā368S. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2125.1980.tb01824.x. PMCĀ 1430193. PMIDĀ 7002190.
- ā “StatPearls”. 2020. PMIDĀ 31082145.
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