title: Acute renal failure in the intensive care unit--clinical considerations.
abstract: The pathogenesis of acute renal failure remains uncertain. From a clinical viewpoint the magnitude of the problem of nephrotoxic acute renal failure is now recognised as is the frequency of non-oliguric acute renal failure. Advances in patient management include the use of daily dialysis, lower heparin doses, single-needle dialysis, bicarbonate-base dialysis fluid, artificial kidneys with biocompatible membranes, H2 antagonists, and the use of soft silastic Tenckhoff catheters if peritoneal dialysis is the preferred form of therapy.
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen; D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications; D003422:Critical Care; D006801:Humans; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D012206:Rhabdomyolysis / Q000150:complications