Question 354 · LEK · Acute kidney injury
Indicate the false statement regarding acute renal failure in children:
- A. viral infections, such as viral hepatitis, can be the renal cause of acute renal failure.
- B. the use of sulfonamides is the most common pre-renal cause of acute renal failure.
- C. dehydration and an insufficient fluid intake is the pre-renal cause of acute renal failure.
- D. the most common causes of acute renal failure are pre-renal causes (about 70%).
- E. congenital urinary abnormalities, such as structural anomalies of the urinary tract, predispose to extrarenal acute renal failure.
Hint
Classify each cause as prerenal (hypoperfusion), renal (parenchymal) or postrenal (obstructive).
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