What Is Acute Renal Failure?
9. Prognosis
The prognosis for acute renal failure is variable depending on the severity and how quickly treatment begins. Some people are able to recover from the condition with normal or near-normal kidney functioning, while others sustain significant permanent injury that requires dialysis or a transplant.
People who recover from acute kidney failure are at higher risk for developing end-stage renal disease or chronic kidney disease.1Murugan, Raghavan and John A. Kellum. Acute kidney injury: what’s the prognosis? Nature Reviews Nephrology vol. 7,4 (2011): 209-17. doi: 10.1038/nrneph.2011.13. The condition can lead to death, and mortality rates are particularly high when sepsis is the reason for the malfunctioning kidneys.1Murugan, Raghavan and John A. Kellum. Acute kidney injury: what’s the prognosis? Nature Reviews Nephrology vol. 7,4 (2011): 209-17. doi: 10.1038/nrneph.2011.13.
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