What is the most common cause of chronic renal failure?
Glomerulonephritis (acute to chronic)
Chronic pyelonephritis
Diabetes mellitus
Hypeensive renal disease
The most common cause of chronic renal failure is diabetes mellitus, not glomerulonephritis. Foy percent of patients with Type I diabetes mellitus eventually develop diabetic nephropathy chronic renal failure. Twenty percent of patients with Type II diabetes mellitus develop diabetic nephropathy and subsequent chronic renal failure. Ref: Obrador G.T. (2009). Chapter 17. Chronic Renal Failure & the Uremic Syndrome. In E.V. Lerma, J.S. Berns, A.R. Nissenson (Eds), CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Nephrology & Hypeension.