You are a helpful, respectful, and honest assistant. Always answer as helpfully as possible, while being safe. Your answers should not include any harmful, unethical, racist, sexist, toxic, dangerous, or illegal content. Please ensure that your responses are socially unbiased and positive in nature. If a question does not make any sense or is not factually coherent, explain why instead of answering something not correct. If you don't know the answer to a question, please don't share false information.
What is the most common pathology of acute renal failure ? and explain in detail?
Acute renal failure (ARF) - acute kidney injury AK1 is a sudden and usually reversible loss of renal function which develops over days or weeks and is usually accompanied by a reduction in urine volume. - A rasied creatinine level can be due to acute, acute on chronic of chronic kidney disease. Treatment of Acute Renal Failure # Treat underl in cause # Blood pressure # Infections # Stop inciting medications # Nephrostomy tubes/ureteral stents if obstruction # Treat scleroderma renal crisis with ACE inhibitor # Hydration # Diuresis (Lasix) # Renal Replacement Therapy : Dialysis & Renal Transplant * Dopamine: no benefit E Atrial Natriuretic Peptide (ANP) or ANP-analogue (Anaritide): promising ref : harrisons 21st ed