title: Acute renal failure in medical and surgical intensive care units--a one year prospective study.
abstract: The spectrum of acute renal failure is different in intensive care unit (ICU) vs. non-ICU population. This one year prospective study carried out in medical and surgical intensive care units showed an incidence of 8.6% of acute renal failure. The incidence of acute renal failure was highest in medical ICU (17.2%) followed by burns ICU (5.3%), pulmonary ICU (5.2%), stroke ICU (4.4%), surgical ICU (3.1%) and least in coronary ICU (1.3%). The acute renal failure was attributable to medical causes in 68% followed by surgery and trauma in 21.2%, burns in 5.6% and pregnancy related in 5.1%. In majority, acute renal failure was multifactorial. Septicemia was the commonest cause in both medical (50%) and surgical (86%) ICUs. Multi organ system failure was present in 77.3% of patients with acute renal failure. Approximately 40% required dialysis. The mortality of acute renal failure was 62% and the mortality was correlated with the number of organ system failures, presence of oliguria and septicemia. The mean ICU stay was significantly shorter in the non-survivors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, India.
authors.forename: Gurcharan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Avasthi
authors.forename: Jasvinder Singh
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Sandhu
authors.forename: Kavita
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mohindra
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002423:Cause of Death; D005260:Female; D013502:General Surgery; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000145:classification / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010343:Patient Admission; D011446:Prospective Studies; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D016019:Survival Analysis