Clinical outcome of patients presenting with acute oliguria after an acute gastroenteritis episode

ABSTRACT

The purpose of the study was to describe important characteristics of acute oliguria, developing after an episode of acute gastroenteritis. This study was carried out mainly in the Medical Unit I of Nishtar Hospital Multan. December 1999 to June 2001. The sample of study was randomized to two groups. Group A was administered low dose [renal dose] Dopamine infusion along with fluid replacement and other modalities of treatment, group B was given conventional treatment. 50 patients among the above study were randomized to the group A and were administered low dose dopamine along with other modalities of treatment. The average duration of diarrhea in this group was 3.04 +/- 0.9 days. Mean creatinine level among this group was 6.7 +/- 2.9 at presentation. Hyperkalemia occurred in 10 patients [20%] in this group all of them required treatment for hyperkalemic episodes either in form of drugs or hemodialysis. 2 patients in this group developed chronic renal failure 50 patients among the above study were randomized to the group B and were not administered low dose dopamine. Mean creatinine level among this group was 6.5 +/- 3.3 at presentation. The average duration of diarrhea in this group was 3.12 +/- 0.98 days. Hyperkalemia occurred in 6 patients. No patient developed chronic renal failure in this group. Infectious food was the main cause of gastroenteritis in this study. More patients in the group A [given dopamine] developed chronic renal failure