Abstract

CARAVIA PUBILLONES, Isabel et al. Insuficiencia renal aguda obstructiva: Estudio de 42 pacientes. Rev Cubana Cir [online]. 1997, vol.36, n.1, pp. 53-58. ISSN 1561-2945.

Medical records of 42 patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of the Institute of Nephrology diagnosed as having acute obstructive renal failure with 1 or 2 kidneys functioning, were revised. Patients studied ware at the 5th and 7th decade of life with a greater incidence in males. The most frequent cause of acute obstructive renal failure was renal lithiasis (47.62 %), followed by tumor diseases which were infiltrating the ureters (28.57 %). Medical treatment was employed in 9 patients and the remaining (33) were submitted to surgical treatment. The main complications were septic with predominance of urinary tract infections (38.5 %). Three patients died, 2 of them as a result of cardiovascular complications. Of the total number of cases presenting with acute renal failure and treated in our center, 10.6 % had an acute obstructive renal failure. The effectiveness of the surgical treatment performed was 94.4 % of healing in patients treated for this disease

Keywords : ACUTE RENAL FAILURE.