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LEONARD B. BERMAN, MD; LOUIS L. SMITH, MD; GEOFFREY D. CHISHOLM, MD; RAYMOND E. WESTON, MD

AMA Arch Surg. 1964;88(2):239-243.

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Acute renal insufficiency of various etiologies is presently associated with high mortality rates in spite of modern methods of treatment.¹ The possibility of preventing its occurrence rightly commands our attention. The initial reports of Barry and his colleagues^2,3 suggested that the osmotic diuretic, mannitol, exerted a protective action on the kidney when given prior to, and during, aortic cross clamping above the renal arteries. A large number of papers followed claiming that the incidence of acute renal insufficiency is reduced when mannitol is given promptly in situations varying from hemorrhagic shock to poisoning with nephrotoxic chemicals. Many of these appear in the proceedings of a symposium held in 1962.⁴ Others are in the form of isolated case reports.⁵ Although much of the animal data seems encouraging,^4,6 evaluation of the clinical studies has been hampered by the low incidence of acute renal insufficiency and the difficulty . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
LOS ANGELES

Associate Professor of Medicine, Loma Linda University (Dr. Berman); Associate Professor of Surgery, Director of Surgical Research Laboratory, Loma Linda University (Dr. Smith); Surgical Research Fellow, Loma Linda University (Dr. Chisholm); Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Loma Linda University (Dr. Weston).; From the Departments of Medicine (Kidney Research Laboratory) and Surgery (Surgical Research Laboratory) at the Los Angeles County Hospital, Loma Linda University School of Medicine.

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Received for publication Sept 19, 1963.

Supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health and the Don Baxter, Inc.

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