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1Department of Haematology, University of Medicine, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
Abstract:
Nitrogen retention of various intensity was found in 61 patients with multiple myeloma. In seven (11%) of them the disturbances of the depurative renal function manifested as acute renal failure (ARF). The syndrome was characterised in etiologic, pathogenetic, clinical, therapeutic and prognostic aspects. ARF in the study developed on the background of a light chain proteinuria in patients with hypercalcemia, dehydration, radiocontrast studies, blood loss, surgical interventions, and severe infections. Following conservative treatment, the renal function normalized in one patient, a gradual transition to chronic renal failure was observed in five patients, and lethal outcome in one patient. The average survival rate after ARF was 8 months (1-13 months).
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