Introduction Acute renal failure (ARF) is defined as an acute decline in renal function characterized by an increase in blood urea nitrogen (BUN) and serum creatinine values, often accompanied by hyperkalemia, metabolic acidosis, and hypertension. Significant morbidity and mortality can accompany ARF. Patients who have ARF recover their renal function either partially or completely or they deve...

We have performed a retrospective review of the incidence and etiologies of acute renal failure (ARF) in 105 adult patients receiving liver transplants. The prevalence of chronic renal failure was also determined. ARF occurred in 94.2% of these patients. Acute tubular necrosis was the leading cause of ARF and was associated with the highest mortality. Factors associated with increased mortality...

introduction: we intended to assess the accuracy of re-expressed modification of diet for renal disease (mdrd) and cockcroft-gault (cg) equations to estimate glomerular filtration rate (gfr) in chronic kidney disease in two different etiologies of acute renal failure (arf): acute tubular necrosis (atn) and acute glomerulonephritis (agn). methods: patients admitted for arf or the patients compl...

Introduction: We intended to assess the accuracy of re-expressed Modification of Diet for Renal Disease (MDRD) and Cockcroft-Gault (CG) equations to estimate glomerular filtration rate (GFR) in chronic kidney disease in two different etiologies of acute renal failure (ARF): acute tubular necrosis (ATN) and acute glomerulonephritis (AGN). Methods: Patients admitted for ARF or the patients compl...

introduction: acute renal failure (arf) is a common problem in the neonatal intensive care unit (nicu). in most cases, arf is associated with other conditions such as sepsis, perinatal asphexia and prematurity that could result in mortality and morbidity. this study examines the prevalence, the course of illness, early prognosis and risk factors associated with development of arf in the neonata...

Objective: To study the pattern and outcome of acute renal failure (ARF) in diabetes mellitus. Methods: Outcome of variables like duration of renal failure, recovery of renal function and mortality were analyzed with parameters like age, sex, duration of diabetes mellitus, preexisting diabetic nephropathy, preexisting ischemic heart disease, cause of renal failure, dialysis requirement and numb...

BACKGROUND We aimed to determine the outcome and certain predictors of outcome for acute renal failure (ARF) in the medical intensive care unit (ICU) at Tygerberg Hospital. METHOD We conducted a retrospective, single-centre cohort study over 12 months comprising all patients admitted to the medical ICU with all causes of renal failure or who developed renal failure following admission to the ...

Acute renal failure (ARF) in cancer patients is a dreadful complication that causes substantial morbidity and mortality. Moreover, ARF may preclude optimal cancer treatment by requiring a decrease in chemotherapy dosage or by contraindicating potentially curative treatment. The pathways leading to ARF in cancer patients are common to the development of ARF in other conditions. However, ARF may ...

Acute renal failure (ARF) is one of the commonest complications of hospitalisation, with an overall incidence of up to 7%,1 rising towards 15% in the intensive care unit (ICU).2 ARF independently predicts mortality,3 to which it contributes directly largely through ‘non-renal’ effects such as bleeding and sepsis.4 Prompt action can save lives and nephrons; because of this potential reversibilit...

Primary prevention of acute renal failure (ARF) refers to clinical strategies which reduce the occurrence of ARF in patients with or without underlying chronic renal disease who do not yet exhibit evidence of acute renal dysfunction or injury. The lack of sensitive measures of renal injury (biomarkers) as well as the difficulty in assessing renal function in a “non-steady state” condition has l...