The Pattern of Acute Renal Failure in Northern Pakistan: A study of 100 cases
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100 patients with acute renal failure (ARF), age range 5 to 65 years were studied during 9 months period (July 1997 - March 1998). Septicaemia alone was the commenest cause (20%) Other common causes included diarrhoeal illnesses (14%), acute glomerulonephritis (11%), abortion (10%), obstructive uropathy (10%), puerperal sepsis (9%) and nephrotoxins (6%). Overall, medical causes were responsible for 63%, surgical 16% and obstetric 21% cases of ARF. Dialysis was given in 70% of the cases. Mortality was 8%. The results of this study shows that the aetiological pattern of ARF in our region is different from the developed countries and wa responsible, we believe, for the low mortality in this study.
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Ahmad AN, Zaidi NA, Ali A. The Pattern of Acute Renal Failure in Northern Pakistan: A study of 100 cases. J Postgrad Med Inst [Internet]. 2011 Sep. 8 [cited 2024 Nov. 22];12(1). Available from: https://jpmi.org.pk/index.php/jpmi/article/view/595
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