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(Circulation. 1963;27:699.)
© 1963 American Heart Association, Inc.

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Use of Intravenous Mannitol in Postperfusion Oliguria-Anuria

SAFUH ATTAR M.D.¹; FRANCIS J. BORGES M.D.¹; R. ADAMS COWLEY M.D.¹; WILLIAM G. ESMOND M.D.¹; NORMAN HOLLINGSWORTH M.D.¹; EMIL BLAIR M.D.¹

¹ From the Departments of Surgery, Medicine, and Anesthesiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.

We have applied the principle of acute functional renal failure in the management of the oliguric-anuric state encountered in 19 of 158 patients undergoing open-heart operations. Mannitol was administered to nine patients who experienced acute renal failure, with successful diuresis and restoration of kidney function in eight.

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