Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Acute Tubular Necrosis

  • Chapter
  • First Online:
Clinical Decisions in Nephrology, Hypertension and Kidney Transplantation

  • 2440 Accesses

Abstract

A 55-year-old Indian woman known to have diabetes mellitus for 10 years was transferred to a tertiary care hospital from a community hospital with a history of high grade fever for 1 week, decreased urine output for 3 days, and a 1-day history of altered sensorium. She had been treated at the community hospital for the past 2 days with intravenous crystalloids and antibiotics with no improvement in her symptoms.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 179.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 229.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book
USD 329.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

References

  1. Chertow GM, Burdick E, Honour M, Bonventre JV, Bates DW. Acute kidney injury, mortality, length of stay, and costs in hospitalized patients. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2005;16(11):3365–70.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  2. Cerda J, Lameire N, Eggers P, Pannu N, Uchino S, Wang H, et al. Epidemiology of acute kidney injury. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2008;3(3):881–6.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  3. Devarajan P. Update on mechanisms of ischemic acute kidney injury. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2006;17(6):1503–20.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  4. Cerda J, Sheinfeld G, Ronco C. Fluid overload in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury [review]. Blood Purif. 2010;29:331–8.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  5. Macedo E, Bouchard J, Soroko SH, Chertow GM, Himmelfarb J, Ikizler TA, et al. Fluid accumulation, recognition and staging of acute kidney injury in critically-ill patients. Crit Care. 2010;14(3):R82.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  6. Parikh CR, Devarajan P. New biomarkers of acute kidney injury. Crit Care Med. 2008;36(4 Suppl):S159–65.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  7. Sharfuddin AA, Molitoris BA. Pathophysiology of ischemic acute kidney injury. Nat Rev Nephrol. 2011;7(4):189–200.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  8. Langenberg C, Bagshaw SM, May CN, Bellomo R. The histopathology of septic acute kidney injury: a systematic review. Crit Care. 2008;12(2):R38.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  9. Bellomo R, Wan L, Langenberg C, May C. Septic acute kidney injury: new concepts. Nephron Exp Nephrol. 2008;109(4):e95–100.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  10. Jo SK, Rosner MH, Okusa MD. Pharmacologic treatment of acute kidney injury: why drugs haven’t worked and what is on the horizon. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2007;2(2):356–65.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  11. Liu KD, Matthay MA. Advances in critical care for the nephrologist: acute lung injury/ARDS. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2008;3(2):578–86.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Nephrology, Apollo Hospitals, 1-A GIDC Estate, Bhat, Gandhinagar, 380054, Gujarat, India

    Shamik Shah M.B.B.S., M.D., D.N.B. (Nephrology)

  2. Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Capital District Renal Physicians, Albany Medical College, 62 Hackett Blvd., Albany, NY, 12209, USA

    Jorge Cerdá M.D., F.A.C.P., F.A.S.N.

Authors
  1. Shamik Shah M.B.B.S., M.D., D.N.B. (Nephrology)
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Jorge Cerdá M.D., F.A.C.P., F.A.S.N.
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Jorge Cerdá M.D., F.A.C.P., F.A.S.N. .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Chicago College of Medicine, Nephrology, University of Illinois, Wisconsin Avenue 3543, Berwyn, 60402, Illinois, USA

    Edgar V. Lerma

  2. , Division of Nephrology, University of Virginia Health System, Box 800133, Charlottesville, 22908, Virginia, USA

    Mitchell Rosner

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2013 Springer Science+Business Media New York

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Shah, S., Cerdá, J. (2013). Acute Tubular Necrosis. In: Lerma, E., Rosner, M. (eds) Clinical Decisions in Nephrology, Hypertension and Kidney Transplantation. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4454-1_20

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4454-1_20

  • Published:

  • Publisher Name: Springer, New York, NY

  • Print ISBN: 978-1-4614-4453-4

  • Online ISBN: 978-1-4614-4454-1

  • eBook Packages: MedicineMedicine (R0)

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation