Behind a Paralyzing Pandemic: Renal Cortical Necrosis

• Main Authors: Teresa Furtado (Author), Catarina Abrantes (Author), Patrícia Domingues (Author), Ana Natário (Author), Mário Góis (Author), Helena Sousa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Publicações Ciência e Vida, 2022-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Renal cortical necrosis (RCN) is a rare cause of acute kidney injury (AKI) in developed countries. Drugs, especially non-steroidal antiinflammatory drugs, (NSAIDs) are very rarely described in the literature to cause cortical necrosis. It is characterized by confluent necrosis of the entire cortex a...