OBJECTIVE To evaluate the incidence, etiology, outcome, and predictors of mortality in neonates with Acute Renal Failure (ARF) in an out born Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of India. METHODS A retrospective analysis of case records of out born neonates, who had ARF at admission or developed ARF during NICU stay, from January to December 2011 (one year) was done. FINDINGS Out of the tot...

Acute renal failure (ARF) is a common condition in hospitalized patients. The aetiology and physiological characteristics differ from those of chronic renal failure (CRF) and both conditions should be approached differently. At present, the approach to the management of ARF is very heterogeneous. Attempts have therefore been made to improve consensus and to standardize treatment in the Acute Di...

Acute renal failure (ARF) is broadly defined as deterioration of renal function over days to weeks, a common occurrence in intensive care unit (ICU) patients; incidence and mortality estimates vary according to ARF definition and associated morbidities.'-"he mortality of ARF is 50-80% in ICU populations, and has not declined significantly since the initial marked benefit of acute dialysis thera...

Acute renal failure (ARF) is abrupt deterioration of renal function sufficient to result in failure of urinary elimination of nitrogenous waste products (urea nitrogen and creatinine). This deterioration of renal function results in elevations of blood urea nitrogen and serum creatinine concentrations. While there is no disagreement about the general definition of ARF, there are substantial dif...

BACKGROUND Although there is a well-documented risk of acute renal failure (ARF) with the iodinated contrast agents, intravenous gadolinium-based contrast agents are considered non-nephrotoxic and have been widely used for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). However, debate continues regarding the safety issue of gadolinium, especially in patients with kidney failure. Therefore, we aimed to evalu...

In addition to the long-term renal complications, previous studies suggested that after acute renal failure (ARF), rats manifest an increased pressor response to an overnight infusion of ANG II. The present study tested whether recovery from ARF results in alterations in sensitivity to the peripheral vasculature. ARF was induced in Sprague-Dawley rats by 45 min of bilateral renal ischemia and r...

Acute renal failure (ARF) complicates up to 5% of all hospital admissions, and as many as 35% of patients admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) receive renal replacement therapy (RRT)1. These figures will vary with the case mix of the unit, the threshold at which RRT is instituted and the definition of ARF used. The lack of a consensus definition of ARF remains a major problem in interpretin...

Acute renal failure (ARF), like pneumonia, can be divided into hospitaland community-based acquisition types. Hospital-acquired renal failure occurs at an incidence rate of 2–5%. The mortality rate of hospital-acquired renal failure, specifically in intensive care units, is high despite a vast array of treatment modalities [1]. In hospital-acquired renal failure, the presence of comorbidities h...

background:poisoning with ethylene glycol (eg) can be fatal even if appropriate treatments are delivered. eg poisoning usually causes central nervous system depression, cardiovascular dysfunction, metabolic acidosis and acute renal failure (arf). case report:a 33-year-old man was referred to the emergency department with reduced consciousness and dyspnea of four-hour duration due to unknown rea...