AN EPIDEMIOLOGIC APPROACH TO ACUTE-RENAL-FAILURE IN CHILDREN

GÖKÇAY E. G., EMRE S., TANMAN F., SIRIN A., ELCIOGLU N., DOLUNAY G.

JOURNAL OF TROPICAL PEDIATRICS, cilt.37, sa.4, ss.191-193, 1991 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 37 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 1991
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1093/tropej/37.4.191
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF TROPICAL PEDIATRICS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.191-193
  • Marmara Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

The records of 630 pediatric patients with acute renal failure were analysed. Of all patients admitted to the hospital during the same period, 5 per cent had acute renal failure. Newborns and infants constituted 79 per cent of the patients with ARF although this age group comprised only 44 per cent of the general pediatric patients. Acute gastroenteritis and septicaemia were the leading causes of ARF up to 8 years of age. Acute glomerulonephritis took the first place after 8 years of age. Mortality rate of our patients with acute renal failure was 28 per cent.