Acute renal failure in infants, children and adults.
Acute renal failure (ARF) occurs in many critically ill patients regardless of age. A combination of events often seen in critical care settings, including shock, sepsis, hypoxia, and the use of potentially nephrotoxic medications, combine to make ARF an ongoing and important management issue in critical care medicine. Since the events leading to the development of ARF differ in infants, children, adults, and the elderly, the pathophysiology, clinical features, and treatment modalities do indeed have remarkable similarities among the different age groups.
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Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Nephrology and Hypertension, Health Sciences Center at Stony Brook, New York, USA.
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D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D000328:Adult; D017668:Age of Onset; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D064420:Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions; D005260:Female; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D011247:Pregnancy; D017582:Renal Replacement Therapy / Q000379:methods; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000150:complications