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| rdf:type | |
| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
2
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1980-6-25
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| pubmed:abstractText |
Over a period of 2 years, 82 patients out of 2,390 (3.43%) admitted to an intensive care unit developed acute renal failure (ARF). The diagnosis of ARF was based on the usual criteria of oliguria, a rising blood urea nitrogen and creatinine, urine sodium concentration greater than 20 mmol/l and a U/P osmolality ratio less than 1.1. In 9.2% of patients the latter two criteria were misleading. Sepsis was the commonest cause of vasomotor nephropathy but in 20.7% potentially nephrotoxic agents had been administered before development of ARF. Overall mortality was 73.2%, with patients older than 50 years of age having the highest mortality. ARF is associated with prolonged bed occupancy--an average of 59.8 days for the dialysed patients with ARF versus an average length of stay of 8.4 days for the hospital overall.
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| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:issn |
0300-9572
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
7
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
95-100
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2010-11-18
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| pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:542732-Acute Kidney Injury,
pubmed-meshheading:542732-Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:542732-Canada,
pubmed-meshheading:542732-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:542732-Intensive Care Units,
pubmed-meshheading:542732-Length of Stay,
pubmed-meshheading:542732-Middle Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:542732-Peritoneal Dialysis,
pubmed-meshheading:542732-Prognosis,
pubmed-meshheading:542732-Renal Dialysis,
pubmed-meshheading:542732-Retrospective Studies,
pubmed-meshheading:542732-Sepsis
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| pubmed:year |
1979
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
Aetiology, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of acute renal failure in an intensive care unit.
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article
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