Under detected causes of renal failure:analysis of 80 cases / 中华全科医师杂志

ABSTRACT

Clinical data of 80 patients with renal failure due to under detected causes(from January 1998 to June 2007)were retrospectively analyzed.Of 66 patients with acute renal failure(ARF),rhabdomyolysis was found in 45,tumor in 15,anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody(ANCA)related vasculitis in 2,infective endocarditis in 2,and hemolytic uremic syndrome in 2.Of 14 patients with chronic renal failure(CRF),primary hypothyroidism was seen in 3,multiple myeloma in 4,amyloidosis in 2,analgesic nephropathy in 3,and renal tuberculosis in 2.