All issues > Volume 23(9); 1980

Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1980;23(9):724-729. Published online September 15, 1980.

A case of Acute Renal Failure with Hemoglobinuria Following Open Heart Surgery.

Jong Ho Kim¹, Jun Hee Sul¹, Sung Kyu Lee¹, Pyung Kil Kim¹, In Jun Choi², Bum Ku Cho³

¹Department of Pediatrics, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
²Department of Pathology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
³Department of Chest Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

Acute renal failure is a serious complication after open heart surgery which involve total body perfusion but the reported incidence of the complication has varied widely. We have experienced a case of acute renal failure with hemoglobinuria following an open heart surgery for correction of ventricular septal depect, which was comfirmed by cardiac catheterization. Kidney biopsy shows a typical change of acute tubular necrosis. A brief review of literature was also presented.

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