Acute kidney injury in a child: A case of Munchausen syndrome by proxy.

We describe the case of an unfortunate boy who had to undergo unnecessary hemodialysis for persistent hyperkalemia and azotemia before a final diagnosis of the falsification of investigations by the parents was made. PMID: 26586073 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation - November 1, 2015 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Mantan M, Dhingra D, Gupta A, Sethi GR Tags: Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl Source Type: research