Etiology, presentation and management of acute renal failure in Saudi children.

摘要: One hundred children with acute renal failure (ARF) were admitted in our Nephrology Unit, Maternity & Children's Hospital over a four year period. Male patients outnumbered females ratio of 3:2. The ages ranged from 1 month to 13 years mean age 3.9 years. Fifty-five suffering intrinsic factors, 32 post-renal and due pre-renal factors. Among the causes: glomerulonephritis (27 patients) hemolytic-uremic syndrome (15 most common. Posterior urethral valve (20 was leading cause failure. All pre-natal diarrheal disease. Forty ARF required dialysis (23 peritoneal dialysis, 17 hemodialysis). remaining 60 treated conservatively. outcome as follows; 60% cured, 29% continued have variable degrees only 11% died. latter sepsis cardiorespiratory