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A 17-year-old gelding was evaluated because of dysuria, inappetence, and weight loss. Cystoscopy revealed severe mucosal ecchymoses with luminal hemorrhage and accumulations of crystalloid sludge. Analysis of a urine sample revealed isosthenuria, an alkaline pH, pyuria, hematuria, bacteriuria, and
Two children had dysuria, sterile pyuria, and microscopic hematuria develop during treatment with ticarcillin disodium. With the exception of a predominance of pyuria over hematuria, the clinical course and laboratory findings in this disorder were similar to those observed in hemorrhagic cystitis,
BACKGROUND
After treating a hypoglycaemic patient, how in-depth a work-up is required to prevent their next hypoglycaemic episode?
OBJECTIVE
To determine the utility of routine laboratory testing in the management of hypoglycaemia.
METHODS
A cross-sectional study at two urban teaching hospitals from
Medullary sponge kidney (MSK) is a rare congenital abnormality characterized by cystic dilatation of the medullary collecting tubules. The disorder is likely to be complicated by nephrocalcinosis, urolithiasis, tubular dysfunctions, and urinary tract infections. In addition, it may be A 6-year-old girl with cerebral palsy developed conscious disturbance and generalized convulsion after one-hour hot herb drug bath. Physical examination on admission revealed rectal temperature 41 degrees C, hot skin, respiration 46/min, regular heart beat 98/min, BP 130/60 mmHg, Glascow coma scale
An 8-year-old spayed female ferret was examined for diffuse generalized alopecia, erythema, erosions, crusts, and ulcerated plaques that were nonresponsive to long-term administration of corticosteroids. Cutaneous epitheliotropic lymphoma was diagnosed on the basis of histologic examination of skin
The characteristics of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) complicating spinal cord injury (SCI) were studied retrospectively in 43 male hemodialysis patients. A control group of male patients dialyzed in the same institution were studied for comparison. The SCI patients had significantly lower serum
Although hyponatremia frequently occurs in Kawasaki disease (KD), the clinical characteristics of KD patients with hyponatremia and the pathogenesis of hyponatremia in KD remain unknown. The aims of this study were to define the clinical characteristics of KD patients with hyponatremia (serum sodium
The objective of this study was to determine age-specific reference values for urinary calcium/creatinine ratios (UCa/Cr) of children in southern Thailand. Non-fasting urine samples were collected from a random population of 488 healthy children (282 males, 206 females) ranging in age from 17 days