Lamar Odom suffers kidney failure while in coma, doctors remain hopeful: Report

Las Vegas - Troubled former NBA star Lamar Odom underwent what doctors believe to be a successful dialysis treatment after suffering kidney failure Wednesday, a source told the Daily News. 

Before the effect of drug

After the effect of drug

 

Khloe Kardashian's estranged husband remained in critical condition and in a medically induced coma at Sunrise

Hospital in Las Vegas two days after the Queens native and former Los Angeles Laker was discovered unconscious by two prostitutes at the Love Ranch brothel. But tests over the next several days, including MRIs, would determine if the athlete's 50-50 chance of survival would be upgraded. 

"They were worried about his kidneys," a source at the hospital told The News on Wednesday. "They were failing today, but they gave him dialysis. His doctors think he could be OK," the source said with caution. "He is still critical, in ICU. So, anything can happen."

Doctors believe Odom's kidney failure is the a result of his alleged drug use, and not caused by hypertension — high blood pressure — or diabetes, which are common natural causes of kidney failure, the source said. Kidney damage and loss of function caused by drugs or trauma can improve over time.

"It would be weeks, maybe months," before the extent of the kidney damage can be fully determined, the source explained.

Odom, who is estranged from reality star Khloe Kardashian, was found unresponsive at a bungalow suite at the Love Ranch Vegas in Crystal, Nev., on Tuesday. He was first rushed to a hospital in Pahrump, Nev., which is about a half hour's drive from Crystal.