ACUTE-RENAL-FAILURE IN EASTERN INDIA

The present study included 426 patients with acute renal failure age r ange 7 months to 85 years, during 8-year period (1984-1992). Medical, surgical and obstetric causes were responsible for ARF in 68.3, 17.8, and 14% of cases respectively. The main aetiological factors encounter ed were volume depletion secondary to gastrointestinal fluid loss (35. 2%), acute glomerulonephritis (10.3%), nephrotoxin (8.6%), falciparum malaria (4.2%), obstructive uropathy (13%), post-abortal (10.5%), and miscellaneous factors (1.4%) of patients. The overall mortality was 19 .2%. Thus our observation revealed that diarrhoeal diseases (35.2%), o bstructive uropathy (13.3%), and septic abortion (10.5%) were the main causes for ARF in medical, surgical, and obstetric groups respectivel y. In contrast to our studies, acute renal failure associated with dia rrhoeal diseases, septicaemia, falciparum malaria and septic abortion are rare in European countries.