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Prolonged Survival With Chronic Hemodialysis

CAPT RICHARD M. FREEMAN, MC; CAPT ROBERT M. VERTEL, MC; MAJ RONALD E. EASTERLING, MC

Arch Intern Med. 1966;117(5):643-647.

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THE PUBLICATION of many case reports in the past several years suggests that Goodpasture's syndrome is not as rare as was previously emphasized. In the past this disease has been uniformly fatal when associated with a severe underlying renal disease. Since many of the clinical manifestations of anuric renal disease can now be controlled by modern dialysis techniques, the natural history of the associated pulmonary disease in this syndrome is of particular interest. The patient to be described has been maintained by artificial dialysis procedures for over 22 months. We wish especially to emphasize the absence of recurrent pulmonary hemorrhage during this period of observation.

Report of a Case

This 24-year-old Caucasian man was in good health until the middle of March 1964, when while stationed in Germany he noted the onset of nasal congestion, sore throat, cough, greenish sputum, malaise, and fatigue. The acute symptoms disappeared after several . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
USA; USA; USA, FORT SAM HOUSTON, TEX

From the United States Army Surgical Research Unit, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston. Dr. Freeman is presently at the Veterans Administration and University hospitals, Iowa City, Iowa.

Footnotes
Received for publication Dec 16, 1965; accepted March 1, 1966.

Reprint requests to Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Tex 78234 (Captain Vertel).

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