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TROPICAL ACUTE RENAL FAILURE

Omar Abboud MD. FRCP.

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El Nov 29, 2003 3:09 pm, Text-conference. November, 27 dijo:

[22:59] (|> Tropical Acute Renal Failure
[22:59] (|> Dr. Omar Abboud, MD, FRCP
[22:59] (|> Consultant Nephrologist.Hamad Medial Corporation
[22:59] (|> Doha, Qatar
[22:59] (|> Acute Renal Failure (ARF) is defined as a sudden sustained decline in
glomerular
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[23:11] (Abboud> thanks Maria
[23:11] (MJesus> thanks you dr. Abboud
[23:11] (MJesus> we remember you are the first on-line conferencist in cin2000 and the whole Congress on Nephrology in Internet!
[23:12] (Scigarran> Dr Abboud, congratulations by so interesting conference
[23:12] (Abboud> I am honoured by contributing in this congress which is very useful
[23:13] (MJesus> a very complet and usefull compendium of tropical renal failure !
[23:13] (Scigarran> What is the incidence of ARF in your country by tropical causes
[23:14] (Abboud> I am now working in Qatar, the incidence here in not high: about 5%
[23:14] (Abboud> but in my original country Sudan, it is quite high
[23:15] (Abboud> where Malaria and other diseases are endemic
[23:15] (Scigarran> Is there any option to prevent it
[23:16] (Abboud> Yes by focussing on the prevention of the endemic diseases themselves
[23:16] (Abboud> As for malaria there is no vaccine yet and the prevention is by
[23:16] (Abboud> public health preventive measures
[23:17] (MJesus> It is more prevalent in children or adults?
[23:17] (gtorres> is there ARF for IHV in Sudan?
[23:18] (Abboud> It is more prevalent in adults
[23:18] (Abboud> ARF due to HIV is not common
[23:18] (Abboud> or it is not diagnosed because it is only prevalent in distant
[23:18] (Abboud> rural parts of the country
[23:19] (gtorres> thanks
[23:19] (Scigarran> Dr Abboud in your opinion Which is the marker of poor evolution?
[23:20] (Abboud> could you please, elaborate a bit?
[23:21] (MJesus> me ?
[23:21] (Scigarran> I ask it, because we are not familiar with this kind of ARF, but in a few years, this ARF will be more incident in Europe
[23:22] (Scigarran> me?
[23:23] (Abboud> I agree, I expect in Europe ARF will be due to medications
[23:23] (Abboud> shock from different conditions like CVD, and possibly other infections....
[23:23] (Abboud> As more contact with travellers from ....
[23:24] (Abboud> tropical countries are seen in Europe, such causes of ARF may be seen
[23:25] (MJesus> we could continue later in the discussion board, linked the website of conference http://www.uninet.edu/cin2003/conf/aboud/aboud.html
[23:26] (Scigarran> In the cases of ARF with jaundice associated, Have you experience with MARS?
[23:26] (Abboud> no we have not seen cases here

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