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ArticleBMJ case reports2014

Successful treatment of calciphylaxis by a multidisciplinary approach.

Lisa Borges, Pedro Rosa, Emanuel Dias, Isabel Cássio

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Lisa BorgesDepartment of Vascular Surgery, Hospital do Divino Espírito Santo de Ponta Delgada, Ponta Delgada, Portugal.
Pedro RosaHyperbaric Medicine Department, Hospital do Divino Espírito Santo de Ponta Delgada, Ponta Delgada, Portugal.
Emanuel DiasDepartment of Angiology and Vascular Surgery, Hospital do Divino Espírito Santo de Ponta Delgada, Ponta Delgada, Portugal.
Isabel CássioDepartment of Angiology and Vascular Surgery, Hospital do Divino Espírito Santo de Ponta Delgada, Ponta Delgada, Portugal.
Hospital do Divino Espírito Santo · PT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 48-year-old woman performing peritoneal dialysis for end-stage renal disease presented with a painful leg ulcer. The investigation revealed an elevated parathyroid hormone level and the histological examination of the biopsy tissue from the ulcer revealed medial calcification of the arterioles, consistent with calciphylaxis. The patient developed additional ulcers in the lower limbs and treatment with antibiotics, cinacalcet, sevelamer, sodium thiosulfate, low calcium dialysate and hyperbaric oxygen therapy was instituted. The patient had a favourable outcome and after 9 months the ulcers had healed and the parathyroid hormone level reached the normal range. Calciphylaxis is a rare and life-threatening disorder associated with a mortality of 60-80%. Its pathogenesis is not fully understood hence there is no consensus in the treatment of this pathology.

Indexed as

CalciphylaxisChelating AgentsCinacalcetFemaleHumansHyperbaric OxygenationKidney Failure, ChronicLeg UlcerMethicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureusMiddle AgedNaphthalenesParathyroid HormonePeritoneal DialysisPolyaminesSevelamerStaphylococcal InfectionsChelating AgentsCinacalcetNaphthalenesParathyroid HormonePolyaminesSevelamer

Identifiers

PMID25035446
PMCPMC4112297
OpenAlexW2000459179

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