When the Earth Trembles in the Americas: The Experience of Haiti and Chile 2010
Por:
Vanholder R., Borniche D., Claus S., Correa-Rotter R., Crestani R., Ferir M.C., Gibney N., Hurtado A., Luyckx V.A., Portilla D., Rodriguez S., Sever M.S., Vanmassenhove J., Wainstein R.
Publicada:
1 ene 2011
Categoría:
Nephrology
Resumen:
The response of the nephrological community to the Haiti and Chile earthquakes which occurred in the first months of 2010 is described. In Haiti, renal support was organized by the Renal Disaster Relief Task Force (RDRTF) of the International Society of Nephrology (ISN) in close collaboration with Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), and covered both patients with acute kidney injury (AKI) and patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). The majority of AKI patients (19/27) suffered from crush syndrome and recovered their kidney function. The remaining 8 patients with AKI showed acute-to-chronic renal failure with very low recovery rates. The intervention of the RDRTF-ISN involved 25 volunteers of 9 nationalities, lasted exactly 2 months, and was characterized by major organizational difficulties and problems to create awareness among other rescue teams regarding the availability of dialysis possibilities. Part of the Haitian patients with AKI reached the Dominican Republic (DR) and received
Filiaciones:
Vanholder R.:
Nephrology Section, Department of Internal Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, BE-9000 Gent, Belgium
Borniche D.:
Rouen University Hospital, France
Nephrology Department, Dialysis Unit, Bois Guillaume Hospital, Rouen, France
Claus S.:
Nephrology Section, Department of Internal Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
Correa-Rotter R.:
Department of Nephrology and Mineral Metabolism, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico
Crestani R.:
Médecins Sans Frontières, Brussels, Belgium
Ferir M.C.:
Médecins Sans Frontières, Brussels, Belgium
Gibney N.:
Division of Critical Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Hurtado A.:
Nephrology Section, Arzobispo Loayza General Hospital, Cayetano Heredia Peruvian University, Lima, Peru
Luyckx V.A.:
Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Portilla D.:
Division of Nephrology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States
Rodriguez S.:
Nephrology Section, Hospital Regional Antonio Musa, Universidad Central Del Este, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Sever M.S.:
Department of Internal Medicine and Nephrology, Istanbul School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
Vanmassenhove J.:
Nephrology Section, Department of Internal Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
Wainstein R.:
Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Militar de Santiago, University of the Andes and Valparaiso, Santiago, Chile
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