ACUTE-RENAL-FAILURE IN INFANTS, CHILDREN, AND ADULTS

Acute renal failure (ARF) occurs in many critically ill patients regar dless of age. A combination of events often seen in critical care sett ings, including shock, sepsis, hypoxia, and the use of potentially nep hrotoxic medications, combine to make ARF an ongoing and important man agement issue in critical care medicine. Since the events leading to t he development of ARF differ in infants, children, adults, and the eld erly, the pathophysiology, clinical features, and treatment modalities do indeed have remarkable similarities among the different age groups .