Effects Of Septic Shock On Renal Function In Humans

Clinical Guides to Therapy of Shock

“…A study of renal function in septic shock carried out at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, for example, showed generally higher serial specific gravity measurements among nonsurvivors than among survivors despite the fact that other studies POSTGRADUATE MEDICINE indicated an almost complete loss of renal concentrating ability in the patients who subsequently died. 13 It follows that measure_ment of urinary osmolality (affected only bynumbers of particles) is a much more reliable guide to concentrating capacity of the kidneys in shock patients.…”

The Management of Ascending Cholangitis

“…The effects of septicwmia on renal blood flow have also been studied in 10 patients, 7 of whom had Gram-negative septiceemia, and 3 had staphylococcal septicemia (Strauch et al 1967). All showed considerable reduction of renal blood flow and renal function and patients in whom renal blood flow fell to below 10% of the normal expected values did not survive.…”