genitourinary disorders
Acute Tubular Necrosis (ATN)
Prognosis for Acute Tubular Necrosis
In otherwise healthy patients, short-term prognosis is good when the underlying insult is corrected; serum creatinine typically returns to normal or near-normal within 1 to 3 weeks. In hospitalized patients, even when Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) is mild, morbidity and mortality are increased ( Decreased urine volume (eg, anuria, oliguria) Severity of the underlying disorder Severity of coexisting disorders Patients who survive acute tubular necrosis have an increased risk of Chronic Kidney Disease . Cause of death is usually infection or the underlying disorder. 1.Chertow GM, Burdick E, Honour M, et al: Acute kidney injury, mortality, length of stay, and costs in hospitalized patients.J Am Soc Nephrol16(11):3365-3370, 2005. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2004090740 