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Acute Renal Failure

Prerenal azotemia
Hypovolemia
   Hemorrhage
   Gastrointestinal losses
   Sweating
   Diuretic use
   Third-spacing (e.g., intestinal ileus)
   Burns
Decreased effective circulating volume
   Cirrhosis/ascites, hepatorenal syndrome
   Nephrotic syndrome
   Cardiac causes (e.g., congestive heart failure, acute myocardial infarction, pericardial tamponade)
Catabolic states, for example,
   Starvation with stress
   Sepsis, serious infection
   Postsurgical state
   Steroids
   Tetracycline
Breakdown of blood in gastrointestinal tract or resorption of hematoma

Drugs, Toxins

Heavy metals
   Mercury
   Arsenic
   Lead
   Cadmium
   Uranium
   Bismuth
   Copper
   Platinum
Carbon tetrachloride, other organic solvents
Ethylene glycol
Pesticides
Fungicides
X-ray contrast media (iodinated)
Antibiotics
   Penicillin
   Tetracycline
   Aminoglycosides
   Cephalosporins
   Amphotericin B
   Sulfonamides
   Acyclovir
   Rifampin
   Polymyxin
Other drugs
   Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs
   ACE inhibitors
   Furosemide
   Phenytoin
   Phenindione
   Methoxyflurane
   Cyclosporine
   Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid

Ischemic Disorders

Major trauma, surgery
Massive hemorrhage, severe volume depletion
Pancreatitis
Septic shock
Crush injury
Hemolysis, transfusion reaction
Rhabdomyolysis

Glomerular/Vascular Diseases

Poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis
Systemic lupus erythematosus
Scleroderma
Polyarteritis nodosa, hypersensitivity angiitis
Henoch-Schönlein purpura
Bacterial endocarditis
Serum sickness
Goodpasture's syndrome
Crescentic glomerulonephritis, idiopathic
Wegener's granulomatosis
Drug-induced vasculitis
Malignant hypertension
Hemolytic-uremic syndrome
Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
Abruptio placentae
Postpartum renal failure
Transplant rejection

Interstitial/Intratubular Diseases

Interstitial nephritis , especially
   Infection
   Drugs
   Oxalate deposition
   Hypercalcemia
   Multiple myeloma
Pyelonephritis, papillary necrosis
Hyperuricemia
Radiation

Major Vessel Diseases

Renal artery thrombi, emboli, stenosis
Renal vein or inferior vena cava thrombosis
Dissecting aneurysm (aorta with or without renal arteries)

Postrenal Causes*

Urethral obstruction
Bladder neck obstruction
Ureteral obstruction

References

1. Anderson RJ, Schrier RW: Acute Renal Failure, p. 1069. See Bibliography, 5.
2. Yaqoob MM, Alkhunaizi AM, Edelstein CL, Conger JD, Schrier RW: Acute Renal Failure: Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Management, p. 449.
See Bibliography, 4.
*See 6-G.

Book Source Details

• Book Title: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis
• Author(s): Stephen N. Adler, Dianne B. Gasbarra
• Year of Publication: 1999
• Copyright Details: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis, Copyright © 1999 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

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