Clinical Profile of Patients with Acute Renal Failure Admitted to Tertiary Care Hospital
Raghukanth Reddy G.1, Shivaputrappa Ghanti2
1Assistant Professor, Department of General Medicine, Raichur Institute of Medical Sciences, Raichur, Karnataka 585102, India. 2Senior Resident, Department of General Medicine, Oxford Medical College, Bangalore, Karnataka 560034, India
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Mortality rates for AKI have changed little since the advent of dialysis and have remained at 50%. This curious statistic simply reflects the changing demographics of AKI from community – to hospital – acquired settings. Currently, the mortally rate for hospital – acquired AKI is reported to be as high as 70% and is directly correlated to the severity of the patient’s other disease process. A Hospital based Prospective study was conducted in Department of General Medicine for a 2 year period after taking approval from Hospital Ethics and Research Committee. Urine Albumin was present in 31 (29.8%) patients while pus cells and RBC was present in 17 (16.3%) and 10 (9.6%) patients. Mean S. urea level on admission was 98.05 mg, at discharge it was 53.53 mg. The difference at admission, discharge and was statistically significant.
Keywords : Acute Renal Failure; Dialysis; Mean S. Urea Level.
Corresponding Author : Shivaputrappa Ghanti, Senior Resident, Department of General Medicine, Oxford Medical College, Bangalore, Karnataka 560034, India.