In chronic renal failure and after acute renal failure, fibrinogen levels are raised and there is diminished fibrinolysis as the result of renal damage. A similar situation is found in nephrosis, possibly due to fibrinolytic inhibitors. Increased levels of cryofibrinogen were found in one quarter of cases of acute nephritis, nephrosis, and acute and chronic renal failure. In addition, after acu...

six patients with mitral stenosis complicated by renal artery embolism studied prospectively are presented. in five patients there was unilateral and in one patient bilateral renal artery involvement. the diagnosis was confirmed by intravenous pyelography, retrograde pyelography, renal angiography, renal scan or a combination of these. all had atrial fibrillation, proteinuria and elevated ldh l...

No matter in which clinical field you will be working in the future, you will be confronted with cases of acute renal failure. In this acute emergency illness, various pathomechanisms come together and lead to a principally reversible decrease in renal function, often involving disbalances of water and electrolytes. The different types of acute renal failure have to be understood well in order ...

BACKGROUND The authors investigated the incidence and risk factors for postoperative acute renal failure after major noncardiac surgery among patients with previously normal renal function. METHODS Adult patients undergoing major noncardiac surgery with a preoperative calculated creatinine clearance of 80 ml/min or greater were included in a prospective, observational study at a single tertia...

No matter in which clinical field you will be working in the future, you will be confronted with cases of acute renal failure. In this acute emergency illness, various pathomechanisms come together and lead to a principally reversible decrease in renal function, often involving disbalances of water and electrolytes. The different types of acute renal failure have to be understood well in order ...

Only a small number of cases with favourable outcome after acute renal failure due to intoxication by Cortinarius sp. have been reported in the literature, and approximately half of the patients develop chronic renal failure and dialysis-dependency. We report the case of a couple with acute renal failure after accidental intake of Cortinarius rubellus and a favourable outcome after treatment wi...

No matter in which clinical field you will be working in the future, you will be confronted with cases of acute renal failure. In this acute emergency illness, various pathomechanisms come together and lead to a principally reversible decrease in renal function, often involving disbalances of water and electrolytes. The different types of acute renal failure have to be understood well in order ...

Acute renal failure is an uncommon complication among children with Diabetic keto acidosis. This has been recently reported from developing countries. Prerenal uremia which improves in few hours is common in DKA and this is fluid responsive, however intrinsic renal failure with increasing urea creatinine and anuria is associated with high mortality and is uncommon. Sepsis, shock, severe dehydra...

Acute renal failure (ARF) is an abrupt decline in renal function, sufficient to result in the retention of nia'ogenous wastes, that is not immediately reversible by manipulation of extrarenal factors. Acute renal failure is not defined in terms of urine volume, and may be present both in oliguric and non-oliguric states. The obligatory daily osmolar load (urea, uric acid, ammonia, etc.) excrete...

I.1. Definition I.2. What Is the Incidence and Outcome of Renal Failure in ICU Patients? I.3. Do Creatinine-clearance Markers and Other Biomarkers Help Identify Early Acute Renal Injury? I.4. How Should We Assess Renal Perfusion in an ICU Patient? I.5. Can We Predict which ICU Patient Will Develop Acute Renal Failure? II. What Can We Do to Protect against Developing Acute Renal Failure during R...