title: Organophosphate poisoning-induced acute renal failure.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Acute kidney injury as a direct complication of organophosphate poisoning has rarely been described and its etiology is unclear.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 17-year-old adolescent girl was admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit after a suicidal attempt with chlorpyrifos, an organophosphate insecticide compound. The patient developed acute kidney injury followed by renal failure, necessitating renal replacement therapy. She was treated with continuous venovenous hemofiltration with full resolution of her renal function.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Organophosphate poisoning can lead to renal failure, which, with proper treatment, may be reversible but, if left unattended, might aggravate the clinical course of the disease. Physicians should be aware of this rare complication.
authors: Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Department of Pediatrics A, Soroka Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel. cavari@bgu.ac.il
authors: Yuval
authors: Y
authors: Cavari
authors: Daniel
authors: D
authors: Landau
authors: Shaul
authors: S
authors: Sofer
authors: Tom
authors: T
authors: Leibson
authors: Isaac
authors: I
authors: Lazar
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000628:therapy; D000293:Adolescent; D004390:Chlorpyrifos / Q000633:toxicity*; D005260:Female; D006440:Hemofiltration; D006801:Humans; D007306:Insecticides / Q000506:poisoning*; D062025:Organophosphate Poisoning / Q000209:etiology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D020336:Paraparesis, Spastic / Q000139:chemically induced; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced; D013406:Suicide, Attempted
chemical_list: D007306:Insecticides; D004390:Chlorpyrifos