ACUTE RENAL FAILURE:Etiology (page 390 and Table 16-3)

• Prerenal:

  • CV and volume depletion
  • Drug-induced or related (NSAIDs, ACEIs, diuretics)

• Intrarenal:

  • Inflammatory disease: Vasculitis, glomerulo-nephritis, drug-induced
  • Acute tubular necrosis

• Postrenal: Obstruction, Cancer, congenital abnormalities

Previous slide

Next slide

Back to first slide

View graphic version