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Acute Renal Failure

1960; Massachusetts Medical Society; Volume: 262; Issue: 10 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1056/nejm196003102621001

1533-4406

John E. Kiley, Samuel Ralph Powers, Richard T. Beebe,

Acute Kidney Injury Research

ACUTE renal failure due to tubular damage is in many cases a complication that is entirely reversible, provided the patient can be maintained alive and in reasonably good physiologic condition long enough to allow recovery to take place. Since World War II, increased understanding of this disorder has led to better management, and the most dramatic addition to therapy during this period has been extracorporeal hemodialysis. Despite advances in treatment, however, acute renal failure due to tubular necrosis may yet be attended by a high mortality rate. Because of this, we have considered it justifiable to add this report of . . .