Journal of Nephrology & Therapeutics

Girish P Vakrani

Publications

• Research Article
  Acute Renal Failure in Diabetes Mellitus (Prospective Study)
  Author(s): Girish P Vakrani, S Ramakrishnan and Dilip RangarajanGirish P Vakrani, S Ramakrishnan and Dilip Rangarajan
  
  Objective: To study the pattern and outcome of acute renal failure (ARF) in diabetes mellitus. Methods: Outcome of variables like duration of renal failure, recovery of renal function and mortality were analyzed with parameters like age, sex, duration of diabetes mellitus, preexisting diabetic nephropathy, preexisting ischemic heart disease, cause of renal failure, dialysis requirement and number of organ systems involved. Results: 70 patients with diabetes mellitus and acute renal failure were studied. Most common causes of acute renal failure were found to be sepsis and urinary tract obstruction. Most common cause of urinary tract obstruction was papillary necrosis. NSAID was most common cause of drug induced renal failure. Out of total 17 patients who underwent renal biopsy, 9 received steroid treatments had AIN, 1 had diffuse proliferative glomerulonephritis (DPGN)... Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2161-0959.1000137

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