POSTPARTUM RENAL FAILURE ASSOCIATED WITH ECLAMPSIA AND PENICILLIN HYPERSENSITIVITY

  1. P. F. Down Senior Registrar in Medicine †,
  2. P. M. Ford Lecturer in Medicine ,
  3. D. A. Levison Lecturer in Pathology

Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005

DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1975.tb00583.x

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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Volume 82, Issue 10, pages 831–835, October 1975

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Down, P. F., Ford, P. M. and Levison, D. A. (1975), POSTPARTUM RENAL FAILURE ASSOCIATED WITH ECLAMPSIA AND PENICILLIN HYPERSENSITIVITY. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 82: 831–835. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1975.tb00583.x

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  1. Ninewells Hospital and Medical School Dundee, Scotland DD2 1UD

  1. †

    Dorchester and Weymouth Hospitals, Dorset.

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  1. Issue published online: 23 AUG 2005
  2. Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005

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Summary

A case of acute renal failure associated with disseminated: ntravascular coagulation occurring immediately post partum is reported. The aet ological role of the associated eclampsia together with evidence for a hypersensitivity reaction to ampicillin is discussed.

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