chemamr
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Which is the most common cause of acute renal failure in children ??
By the way, which are the dialysis criteria in children??? Are the same than in adults ?
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| drvic
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depends on which setting you are talking about - developing or developed countries? since its for the USMLE, its obviously for the US relevant causes.
in US, it is ARF due to Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
anohter thing is the age group: causes of ARF in neonates are different from that of older children.
dialysis criteria are more or less the same: fluid overload, acidosis, hyperkalemia etc...etc...
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| nightflight1945
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prerenal azotemia due to hypovolumia is the most common cause
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| drvic
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all conditions causing prerenal type of renal failure are always more common in prevalence in the general population in comparison to intrinsic renal diseases; these include - sepsis, dehydration, hypovolemia, hypotension due to any cause...etc...etc...
however, if you talk of intrinsic renal diseases alone - HUS is the most common cause (quoting from Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics)
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The most common cause of Acute Renal Failure in children and adults is prerenal (hypovolemia).
The most common cause of renal ARF in children is hemolytic uremic syndrome (E. coli O157:H7, triad of microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia and ARF).
Edited by chemamr on 06/24/05 - 07:11 AM
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