OBJECTIVES To evaluate incidence, mortality, and risk factors related to the development of acute renal failure (ARF) after on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), between January 2002 and November 2004. METHODS Seventy four patients who underwent on-pump CABG were analyzed retrospectively and distributed into two groups according to the development of ARF. Bivariate and multivariate ...

Acute renal failure (ARF) is a common disease affecting approximately 5% of all hospitalized patients and 10–30% of the patients in intensive care units. The mortality rate is still very high (above 50%), despite advances in the management of critically ill patients and in the renal replacement therapies. Pre-existing or hospital-acquired malnutrition is an important factor contributing to high...

AIM We investigated the role of renal sympathetic innervation in the deterioration of renal haemodynamic and excretory functions during the early post-ischaemic phase of renal ischaemia/reperfusion injury. METHODS Anaesthetised male Sprague-Dawley rats were subjected to unilateral renal ischaemia by clamping the left renal artery for 30 min followed by reperfusion. Following acute renal dener...

Acute and chronic experiments were performed in rats to examine whether atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) has any beneficial effects on glycerol-induced acute renal failure (ARF). ANP infusion (Atriopeptin III, 1.0 microgram/kg+0.2 microgram/kg/min) improved the renal blood flow (RBF) and the glomerular filtration rate (GFR), and induced profound natriuresis in the early stage of ARF. By contras...

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...

In the medical literature, there have been few reported cases of classic Polyarteritis Nodosa (cPAN) presenting with acute renal failure (ARF) and, unlike microscopic polyangiitis (MPA), no documentation to our knowledge of cPAN with clinical presentation similar to acute interstitial nephritis. We describe a case of ARF and a clinical picture suggestive of acute interstitial nephritis (AIN). H...

K idney disease frequently complicates malignancy and its treatment. The spectrum of disease in this setting includes acute renal failure (ARF), chronic renal failure, and tubular disorders. Fortunately, these complications are often preventable or reversible with prompt diagnosis and treatment. This review focuses on recent progress in the management of ARF and chronic renal failure associated...

OBJECTIVE The acute-stage mortality and morbidity of acute renal failure (ARF) is well documented, but there are few long-term follow-up studies in children with ARF, particularly from developing countries. The aim of this study was to look at the spectrum of ARF on presentation at a tertiary centre in Kolkata, India, with subsequent 10 years of follow-up. SUBJECTS AND METHODS All cases of AR...

Tumour Lysis syndrome (TLS) is characterized by the massive destruction of tumoral cells and the release in the extracellular space of their content. While TLS may occur spontaneously before treatment, it usu­ ally develops shortly after the initiation of cytotoxic chemotherapy. These metabolites can overwhelm the homeostatic mechanisms and cause hyperuricemia, hyperkalemia, hyperphosphatemia a...

Acute renal failure (ARF) is common among hospitalized HIV-infected patients. To our knowledge, however, data regarding ARF in HIV-infected patients in the intensive care unit are still lacking.