Evidence-based On-call

internal medicine

Acute renal failure

Prevalence
Causes
Clinical features
Investigations
Therapy
Prevention
Prognosis

Therapy

There is no clear benefit from using

anaritide ^a
essential amino acids ^a

Why?

Anaritide has little effect on creatinine levels, does not reduce the need for dialysis, nor clearly reduce mortality in patients with acute tubular necrosis. ^a
Essential amino acids have no clear effect on death in severely ill patients with acute renal failure. ^a

Expiry date: July 2003
Levels of Evidence used in grading these guides

Authors	C Clase , CM Ball
Reviewer	S Hsu
CAT Writers	C Clase , CM Ball