Renal shutdown as a complication of severe preeclampsia with premature separation of the placenta.

The author, with long experience in the management of toxemia of pregnancy and its multiple complications, is reporting his first case of complete renal shutdown after severe preeclampsia complicated by premature separation of the placenta, and complications of disseminated intravascular coagulopathy.Multiple hemodialyses provided a breakthrough to what appears to be a complete reversal and return of normal renal function.