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Reversible acute tubular necrosis following severe acute renal rejection

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The clinical observation of 6 out of 250 renal transplant patients showed that acute renal rejection may lead to reversible acute tubular necrosis (ATN) necessitating intermittent haemodialysis treatment. Despite missing early response to high-dose (methyl-) prednisolone therapy (during a mean period of 4.7 days) all 6 patients developed spontaneous diuresis 14.5 days on average after onset of rejection while on maintenance immunosuppressive therapy. From the clinical course the conclusion was drawn that in severe cases of renal rejection with arteriographic and histological findings consistent with acute tubular necrosis, prolonged therapy with high doses of (methyl-) prednisolone is not desirable, since after reversal of immunological rejection the onset of spontaneous diuresis will be determined mainly by the duration of the healing and recovery phase of acute tubular necrosis.

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  1. First and Second Departments of Medicine, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

    P. Schmidt, W. F. Pinggera, J. Zazgornik, H. K. Stummvoll, A. Wolf, H. Kopsa & P. Pils

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Schmidt, P., Pinggera, W.F., Zazgornik, J. et al. Reversible acute tubular necrosis following severe acute renal rejection. International Urology and Nephrology 11, 61–66 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02082813

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