title: Survial from acute renal failure with and without multiple organ dysfunction.
abstract: A 10-year retrospective analysis has been carried out of 114 patients dialysed for acute renal failure. Fifty-eight patients, predominantly suffering from multiple organ failure, required treatment in an Intensive Therapy Unit (ITU); 56 less severely ill patients were treated in a Renal Unit. Overall survival in the former group was 36% and in the latter group 63%. In the first 5 years of the study, survival in the ITU patients was 31% and in the second 5 years, was 38% in spite of a trend towards increased severity of illness. These results challenge the view that haemodialysis is rarely worth-while in patients with multiple organ failure, and suggest that current management techniques have improved prognosis. The most important adverse factors continue to be old age, sepsis and gastrointestinal disease.
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D012189:Retrospective Studies