title: Recovery of kidney function following prolonged acute renal failure.
abstract: Twenty-two patients with prolonged acute renal failure (ARF), successfully treated by haemodialysis, were analysed. The clinical course was oliguric in 16 and non-oliguric in 6 cases. Twenty-seven haemodialyses on average (15-54) during a mean duration of 66.9 (30-172) days were needed for recovery of kidney function. Overall, maximum improvement of renal function was achieved within 116.4 (51-259) days, in oligo-anuric cases within 80.1 (51-208) days, in non-oliguric cases within 160.3 (90-259) days. In the latter group pre-existing renal damage was probably the cause of the more extended duration of acute renal failure.
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000150:complications; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications; D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003404:Creatinine / Q000097:blood; D004935:Esophageal Diseases / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000150:complications; D006463:Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000150:complications; D009393:Nephritis / Q000150:complications; D009846:Oliguria / Q000150:complications; D011704:Pyelonephritis / Q000150:complications; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D014511:Uremia / Q000150:complications
chemical_list: D003404:Creatinine