Varied etiology of ARF among patients attending teaching hospital: Descriptive clinical study

 

 

Abstract              Over the past decade, the term Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) had replaced the older term Acute Renal Failure (ARF). The term ARF suggests a dichotomous relationship between normal kidney function and overt organ failure; in contrast, the term AKI attempts to encompass the growing body of data associating small acute and transient decrements in kidney function with serious adverse outcomes. All the study subjects were followed up on daily basis, till discharge, death or return of their renal function to baseline. Socio-Demographic, biochemical and clinical profiles of all patients were recorded. Malaria was found positive in 11 patients (10.6%), while Leptospirosis in 3(2.9%) patients and Dengue in 13(12.5%) patients. Blood culture for Staph. pseudomonas and E.coli was found positive in 5,2 and 1 patients respectively. Abnormal echo findings were observed in 7.7% patients.

Key Word: Acute Kidney Injury, E.coli, ARF