Calciphylaxis treatment is reviewed with current and emerging evidence for clinicians and pharmacists
Calciphylaxis, also termed calcific uremic arteriolopathy, is uncommon yet catastrophic. Small and medium dermal arterioles mineralise and thrombose, tissue perfusion collapses, and exquisitely painful lesions advance to ulceration and necrosis. Most patients have advanced kidney disease and dialysis exposure, yet cases also arise in earlier chronic kidney disease, after a kidney transplant, and in people […]