Clinical Study Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) 1998

Formalin treatment of refractory hemorrhagic cystitis in systemic lupus erythematosus.

Fu LW, Chen WP, Wang HH, Lin AT, Lin CY — Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany), 1998

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Summary

What Researchers Did

Researchers reported on a 17-year-old girl with severe, refractory hemorrhagic cystitis in systemic lupus erythematosus who was treated with intravesical formalin instillation.

What They Found

The 17-year-old patient with SLE experienced severe hemorrhagic cystitis, failing numerous treatments including electrocoagulation and hyperbaric oxygen, requiring daily blood product transfusions. After intravesical formalin instillation was performed twice, her hematuria completely ceased.

Canadian Relevance

This study has no direct Canadian connection.

Study Limitations

A significant limitation of this study is that it is a single case report, limiting the generalizability of its findings.

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Study Details

Study Type	Clinical Study
Category	Uncategorised
Source	Pubmed
PubMed ID	9874330
Year Published	1998
Journal	Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany)
MeSH Terms	Adolescent; Anemia; Cystitis; Female; Formaldehyde; Hematuria; Humans; Instillation, Drug; Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic; Platelet Transfusion; Thrombocytopenia; Urinary Bladder

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