ABSTRACT
The study was undertaken to study the frequency, causes, and efficiency of treatment for acute renal failure (ARF) at the intensive nephrological care unit. The data on 117 patients with ARF of various etiology were studied. In them, ARF was caused by acute interstitial nephritis in 18.8%, by urosepsis in 18.8%, by non-urological sepsis in 19%, by destructive pancreatitis in 18%, in 13% rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis was present in systemic vasculitis. In 8.5% of the patients, ARF developed as a complication of severe pneumonias along with respiratory failure. Only single cases were presented with ARF of other intoxication etiology, crush syndrome, or acute vascular diseases. Renal replacement therapy was used in all cases. Its mode (intermittent or low-flow continuous) was determined by the severity of renal failure and the general condition of patients. The overall mortality was 38% in the whole group. It was 55% in sepsis, 33% in destructive pancreatis, 8.3% in urosepsis, 8% in acute interstitial nephritis, 64.7% in rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis. According to the type of therapy, there were no significant differences in mortality rates. There was also a correlation of the mortality rates and the APACHE score.
