Bismuth intoxication resulting in acute kidney injury in a pregnant adolescent girl

Bismuth intoxication is a rare cause of acute kidney injury (AKI) and is usually reversible by appropriate therapeutic measures. We present here a case of an adolescent pregnant girl who developed AKI due to an overdose of colloidal bismuth subcitrate (CBS, total amount of 6 g). She received parent...

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Main Authors: Aslı Çelebi-Tayfur, Raziye Merve Yaradılmış, Fatma Ulus, Aysun Çaltık-Yılmaz, Esra Özayar, Berrin Koşar, Bahar Büyükkaragöz, Eyüp Horasanlı
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Published: Hacettepe University Institute of Child Health 2019-04-01
Series:The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics
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Online Access:https://turkjpediatr.org/article/view/691
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author Aslı Çelebi-Tayfur
Raziye Merve Yaradılmış
Fatma Ulus
Aysun Çaltık-Yılmaz
Esra Özayar
Berrin Koşar
Bahar Büyükkaragöz
Eyüp Horasanlı
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Fatma Ulus
Aysun Çaltık-Yılmaz
Esra Özayar
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Bahar Büyükkaragöz
Eyüp Horasanlı
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description Bismuth intoxication is a rare cause of acute kidney injury (AKI) and is usually reversible by appropriate therapeutic measures. We present here a case of an adolescent pregnant girl who developed AKI due to an overdose of colloidal bismuth subcitrate (CBS, total amount of 6 g). She received parenteral chelating agent dimercaprol for 14 days. Continuous venovenous hemodiafiltration (CVVHD) with high-flux membrane was carried out in the first 3 days of chelating therapy and intermittent hemodialysis for 11 days, thereafter. The patient recovered clinically and was discharged after 21 days. She gave birth to a healthy term boy. At the last visit, the baby was 6 months old with normal growth and development as well as normal kidney functions. Neither deterioration in renal functions nor emergence of proteinuria was recorded in the patient during follow-up care after hospital discharge. In cases of AKI due to an overdose of CBS, treatment with dimercaprol combined with high flux hemodiafiltration and subsequently hemodialysis appears to be both useful and safe for bismuth elimination.
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spelling doaj-art-cbe175a59f8b40acb9a91084e20eb63c2025-08-20T03:16:22ZengHacettepe University Institute of Child HealthThe Turkish Journal of Pediatrics0041-43012791-64212019-04-0161210.24953/turkjped.2019.02.024Bismuth intoxication resulting in acute kidney injury in a pregnant adolescent girlAslı Çelebi-Tayfur0Raziye Merve Yaradılmış1Fatma Ulus2Aysun Çaltık-Yılmaz3Esra Özayar4Berrin Koşar5Bahar Büyükkaragöz6Eyüp Horasanlı7Departments of Pediatric Nephrology, Keçiören Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Ankara, Turkey.Departments of Pediatrics, Keçiören Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Ankara, Turkey.Departments of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Keçiören Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Ankara, Turkey.Departments of Pediatric Nephrology, Keçiören Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Ankara, Turkey.Departments of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Keçiören Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Ankara, Turkey.Departments of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Keçiören Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Ankara, Turkey.Departments of Pediatric Nephrology, Keçiören Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Ankara, Turkey.Departments of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Keçiören Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Ankara, Turkey. Bismuth intoxication is a rare cause of acute kidney injury (AKI) and is usually reversible by appropriate therapeutic measures. We present here a case of an adolescent pregnant girl who developed AKI due to an overdose of colloidal bismuth subcitrate (CBS, total amount of 6 g). She received parenteral chelating agent dimercaprol for 14 days. Continuous venovenous hemodiafiltration (CVVHD) with high-flux membrane was carried out in the first 3 days of chelating therapy and intermittent hemodialysis for 11 days, thereafter. The patient recovered clinically and was discharged after 21 days. She gave birth to a healthy term boy. At the last visit, the baby was 6 months old with normal growth and development as well as normal kidney functions. Neither deterioration in renal functions nor emergence of proteinuria was recorded in the patient during follow-up care after hospital discharge. In cases of AKI due to an overdose of CBS, treatment with dimercaprol combined with high flux hemodiafiltration and subsequently hemodialysis appears to be both useful and safe for bismuth elimination. https://turkjpediatr.org/article/view/691acute kidney injurybismuth intoxicationdimercaprolteratogenicity
spellingShingle Aslı Çelebi-Tayfur
Raziye Merve Yaradılmış
Fatma Ulus
Aysun Çaltık-Yılmaz
Esra Özayar
Berrin Koşar
Bahar Büyükkaragöz
Eyüp Horasanlı
Bismuth intoxication resulting in acute kidney injury in a pregnant adolescent girl
The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics
acute kidney injury
bismuth intoxication
dimercaprol
teratogenicity
title Bismuth intoxication resulting in acute kidney injury in a pregnant adolescent girl
title_full Bismuth intoxication resulting in acute kidney injury in a pregnant adolescent girl
title_fullStr Bismuth intoxication resulting in acute kidney injury in a pregnant adolescent girl
title_full_unstemmed Bismuth intoxication resulting in acute kidney injury in a pregnant adolescent girl
title_short Bismuth intoxication resulting in acute kidney injury in a pregnant adolescent girl
title_sort bismuth intoxication resulting in acute kidney injury in a pregnant adolescent girl
topic acute kidney injury
bismuth intoxication
dimercaprol
teratogenicity
url https://turkjpediatr.org/article/view/691
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