title: Acute renal failure: prevention and treatment.
abstract: Oliguria has been considered a cardinal feature of acute renal failure. Most studies indicate that non oliguric forms of acute renal failure are associated with less morbidity and mortality than oliguric forms. Mannitol, loop diuretics and dopamine have been used to prevent and treat renal ischemia. Although the final fate of patients with oliguric acute renal failure is more influenced by the primary disease than by anuria per se the possibility of reversing anuria seems to represent a better prognostic factor in the outcome of these patients.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Nefrologia e Dialisi, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Padiglione Croff, Milano.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Campise
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000517:prevention & control; D004298:Dopamine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005665:Furosemide / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005919:Glomerular Filtration Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects; D008353:Mannitol / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012079:Renal Circulation / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D008353:Mannitol; D005665:Furosemide; D004298:Dopamine