Acute renal failure following trauma.
Acute renal failure is often fatal, but usually this complication following trauma is avoidable. Of fifteen patients with acute tubular necrosis associated with severe trauma, thirteen survived. This is a marked improvement in survival rate compared with the rates previously published. We credit the improvement to aggressive medical and surgical treatment by a team of orthopaedic surgeons, nephrologists, and surgeons.
D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001810:Blood Volume; D003646:Debridement; D005260:Female; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000150:complications; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007022:Hypotension / Q000209:etiology; D007263:Infusions, Parenteral; D007668:Kidney / Q000293:injuries*; D007683:Kidney Tubular Necrosis, Acute / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged