title: [Acute renal failure in severe pregnancy induced hypertension: a report of 19 cases].
abstract: Twenty-six pregnant women complicated with acute renal failure (ARF) were admitted to Beijing Friendship Hospital during Jan. 1972 to Dec. 1990, the incidence rate was 0.045%. Among them, 4 cases of ARF were due to non-specific factors to pregnancy (15.4%) and 22 cases (84.6%) were due to factors correlated with pregnancy. Severe pregnancy induced hypertension (PIH) was the main cause of ARF in late pregnancy accounting for 86.4% (19 cases). In this series, 7 cases with eclampsia and 12 cases with preeclampsia, the incidence rate of ARF in preeclampsia and eclampsia was 0.91% and 11.3% respectively. The average age was 28.3 yr. 9 out of 19 cases were parous women. During pregnancy and labour, patients had more than one complications. 4 cases each were complicated with abruptio placentae, postpartum hemorrhage, intracranial hemorrhage and serious puerperal infection respectively. 3 cases were complicated with HELLP syndrome and one each with acute fatty liver, hypertension or gentamycin nephrotoxicity. 10 cases had deliveries preceded admission. The cesarean rate was 52.6% (10 cases). ARF onset before labour in 9 cases and postpartum in 10 cases. Developed only in 1 case of postpartum ARF in our department, this patient had a twin gestation, also complicated with severe PIH and acute fatty liver. Auria and oliguria ARF were found in 18 cases, nonauria in only 1 case. In this study, the highest serum BUN was 7.5-39.3 mmol/L (21-110 mg/dl). Medical management and rectal dialysis or peritoneal dialysis were performed in 10 cases who were in early stage, mild ARF or those ARF occurred before admission.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Affiliated Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Institute of Medicine.
authors.forename: D Z
authors.initials: DZ
authors.lastname: Peng
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D000328:Adult; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D004461:Eclampsia / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D011247:Pregnancy; D006435:Renal Dialysis