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. 1972 Sep 30;3(5830):801–802. doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5830.801

Renal Failure in Acute Pancreatitis

D Gordon, R Y Calne
PMCID: PMC1786304  PMID: 5076254

Abstract

In three patients with acute pancreatitis complicated by renal failure recovery followed dialysis and treatment of associated complications. The records of cases of pancreatitis treated at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, suggest that renal failure is a grave and not infrequent complication of acute pancreatitis.

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