Bilateral obstructing renal stones: an uncommon cause of acute renal failure

Am J Emerg Med. 2010 Mar;28(3):390.e5-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2009.07.025.

Abstract

Bilateral renal calculi are an uncommon cause of acute renal failure (ARF). The causes of ARF include prerenal, obstructive (or postrenal), and intrinsic [1,2]. Postrenal causes account for 5% to 15% of cases of ARF [3]. This case report will present a case of acute renal failure secondary to bilateral obstructing ureteral calculi.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Kidney Injury / diagnosis
  • Acute Kidney Injury / etiology*
  • Acute Kidney Injury / surgery
  • Aged
  • Bicarbonates / therapeutic use
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Kidney Calculi / complications*
  • Kidney Calculi / diagnosis
  • Kidney Calculi / surgery
  • Male
  • Stents
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Ureteral Obstruction / diagnosis
  • Ureteral Obstruction / etiology*
  • Ureteral Obstruction / surgery

Substances

  • Bicarbonates