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Acute Renal Failure

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Raj Kumar Mani and Arghya Majumdar

 

A 30-year-old male victim of a road trafÞc accident was admitted with pelvic fracture. An external Þxator was applied the same day. The following day he suffered a massive pulmonary embolism requiring thrombolysis. He started becoming oliguric. On the fourth day, he developed retroperitoneal hemorrhage with an intra-abdominal pressure of 22 mmHg, as a complication of anticoagulation. He required surgical drainage. He went on to develop progressive renal failure requiring dialysis support.

A systematic approach to oliguria in the ICU patient is mandatory due to the multifactorial etiology of this problem, potential to deteriorate to anuria, and need for renal replacement therapy. Timely diagnosis and prompt intervention will decrease morbidity and mortality from this potentially preventable problem. Mortality rate in patients with acute kidney injury in the ICU is in excess of 50%.

Step 1: Resuscitate

¥Optimizing oxygenation and hemodynamics is of prime importance in preventing kidney injury (refer to Chap. 78).

Step 2: Differentiate urinary retention from oliguria

¥By deÞnition, oliguria is less than 0.5 mL/kg urine output for at least 2 h.

¥Perform suprapubic percussion for bladder fullness in all cases of low urine output to exclude retention of urine.

R.K. Mani, M.D., F.R.C.P. (*)

Department of Pulmonology and Critical Care, Artemis Health Institute, Gurgaon, India e-mail: raj.rkmjs@gmail.com

A. Majumdar, M.D., M.R.C.P.

Department of Nephrology, AMRI Hospitals, Kolkata, India

R. Chawla and S. Todi (eds.), ICU Protocols: A stepwise approach,

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DOI 10.1007/978-81-322-0535-7_44, © Springer India 2012

 

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¥Sudden drop of urine output, no urine or ßuctuating levels of urine output in a catheterized patient who is otherwise stable, may indicate a partial or complete catheter block with clot or debris or pericatheter leak. Ascertain this by physical examination, bladder wash, or replacing the catheter.

¥Bedside ultrasonography differentiates retention from oliguria and at the same time conÞrms the catheter position.

Step 3: Ascertain the cause of oliguria (Table 44.1)

¥First consider whether it is a prerenal, renal, or postrenal cause.

¥Proper history should be taken including ßuid loss, drug history (nonsteroidal anti-inßammatory drugs [NSAIDs]), exposure to contrast, urinary symptoms, and fever; perform physical examination for evidence of hypovolemia, abdominal distension, and skin rash.

¥Prerenal factors are by far the most frequent. Volume deÞcit is the commonest cause.

¥For renal factors, pay attention to the nephrotoxic potential of antibiotics, analgesic, or radiocontrast agent.

¥Postrenal factors like urethral injury and bladder outßow tract obstruction are common causes.

Step 4: Send biochemical investigations to ascertain severity and cause of acute kidney injury (AKI)

¥Serum chemistry including sodium; potassium; creatinine; blood urea nitrogen (BUN); calcium; magnesium; phosphate; uric acid; creatine phosphokinase (if rhabdomyolysis is suspected); total protein, albumin, globulin, and unconjugated bilirubin (to exclude hemolysis); and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) should be checked.

¥If clinically indicated, antinuclear factor (ANA), antiglomerular basement membrane antibody, antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA), complement

levels (C3, C4), cryoglobulin, and hepatitis B and C serology test may be performed.

¥Serum and urine protein electrophoresis should be performed in patients with bone pain, hypercalcemia, and hyperglobulinemia where paraproteinemia is suspected.

Step 5: Examine the urine (Table 44.2)

¥This can yield vital clues with regard to the type of renal failure. Microscopic examination of the urinary sediment should not be neglected.

¥In prerenal failure, urine examination is usually bland, and no casts or cells will be obvious. Hyaline casts may be the only Þnding.

¥In intrinsic renal disease, one may Þnd RBC casts and dysmorphic RBCs indicating glomerular hematuria, eosinophil casts in allergic interstitial nephritis, muddy brown epithelial casts in acute tubular damage, or coarse granular or broad casts, which might indicate background chronic kidney disease (CKD).

Table 44.1 Causes of AKI

 

 

Prerenal

Renal

Postrenal

Hypovolemia

Acute tubular necrosis

Ureteric

Gastrointestinal ßuid lossÑvomiting and diarrhea

Ischemic

Obstruction

Renal ßuid lossÑdiuretics, osmotic diuresis

Toxins

External compression (retroperitoneal Þbrosis)

(diabetes), hypoadrenalism

 

 

Burns

(a) Exogenous: IV contrast, antibiotics (e.g.,

Calculi

 

aminoglycosides), CyA, chemotherapy (e.g.,

 

 

cisplatin), ethylene glycol

 

Hemorrhage

(b) Endogenous: Hb, myoglobin, uric acid,

Sloughed papilla

Sequestration in extravascular spaceÑpancreatitis,

oxalate, myeloma

Cancer

trauma, and low albumin

 

Blood clot

 

Acute interstitial nephritis

 

 

Idiopathic

 

 

Infection: viral (CMV), fungal, bacterial

 

 

(pyelonephritis)

 

Low cardiac output states

InÞltration: lymphoma, leukemia, sarcoid

 

Disease of myocardium, valves, pericardium,

Allergic drugs: antibiotics, NSAIDs, diuretics

Bladder neck obstruction

tamponade

 

 

Arrhythmias

Disease of the glomeruli

Neurogenic

Massive pulmonary embolus

Acute glomerulonephritis

Calculi

 

Vasculitis

Cancer

Low renal perfusion pressure

Hemolytic uremic syndrome, thrombotic

Prostatic hypertrophy

Shock (e.g., sepsis)

thrombocytopenic purpura, disseminated

Blood clot

Abdominal compartment syndrome

intravascular coagulation, preeclamptic toxemia,

 

systemic lupus erythematosus, scleroderma,

 

Altered renalÑsystemic vascular resistance ratio

 

radiation

 

Systemic vasodilatationÑsepsis, antihypertensives,

 

 

 

anesthesia

 

 

 

 

(continued)

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Table 44.1 (continued)

 

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Prerenal

Renal

Postrenal

Hypovolemia

Acute tubular necrosis

Ureteric

 

Renovascular

 

 

Renal veinÑthrombosis

Urethral obstruction

 

Renal arteryÑstenosis, plaque, embolism,

Stricture

 

thrombus, aneurysm

 

 

Intratubular deposition and obstruction

Congenital valves

Renal vasoconstriction

Myeloma proteins

Phimosis

Hypercalcemia

Uric acid

 

Norepinephrine, vasopressor agents

Oxalate

 

CyA, tacrolimus

Acyclovir crystals

 

Cirrhosis with hepatorenal syndrome

Methotrexate

 

Hyperviscosity

Sulfonamides

 

Multiple myeloma

Renal allograft rejection

 

Macroglobulinemia

 

 

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Table 44.2 Urinary biochemistry

 

 

 

Prerenal

Renal

Urine osmolality

>500 mosmols/kg

<350 mosmols/kg

Urine sodium

<10 mEq/L

>20 mEq/L

Urine/plasma osmolality ratio

>1.5

<1.2

Urine/plasma urea nitrogen ratio

>8

<3

Urine/plasma creatinine ratio

>40

<20

Plasma BUN/creatinine ratio

>20

<10

Urine speciÞc gravity

>1.020

~1.010

Fractional excretion of sodium (FeNa)%

<1

>1

Urine/plasma Na divided by urine/plasma

 

 

creatinine × 100

 

 

¥Uric acid or calcium oxalate crystals may highlight a background metabolic problem.

¥RBC and WBC casts are fragile, and their absence does not exclude underlying parenchymal disease.

¥Dipstick test is vital. It might reveal proteinuria, hematuria, glycosuria, ketonuria, bilirubin, or urobilinogen. A positive dipstick for hemoglobin in the absence of RBCs in the urine sediment may suggest hemolysis or myoglobinuria (which can be conÞrmed by speciÞc assays).

¥A positive nitrite test may indicate infection. High speciÞc gravity and ascorbic acid may interfere with the test.

¥Urine biochemistry test should be performed to differentiate prerenal from renal failure (Table 44.2).

Step 6: Monitor the patient carefully

¥Ensure continuous monitoring of urine output, by placing an indwelling urinary catheter.

¥Continuous monitoring of hemodynamic parameters is also mandatory.

¥Intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) monitoring is very important, especially when large volumes of ßuids or blood products are infused, as they may third space into the peritoneal cavity if there is capillary leak due to systemic inßammatory response syndrome (SIRS) after trauma, sepsis, or abdominal surgery.

¥IAP of less than 12 mmHg indicates normal condition, 12Ð20 mmHg indicates intra-abdominal hypertension, and more than 20 mmHg with organ dysfunction indicates abdominal compartment syndrome.

Step 7: Perform renal imaging

¥Abdominal ultrasound or noncontrast CT scan would be useful to diagnose renal and postrenal oliguria.

¥An ultrasonography may reveal echogenic or small kidneys with loss of corticomedullary differentiation, which might indicate a background of chronic kidney disease. However, in some conditions such as diabetes, amyloidosis, and multiple myeloma, kidney size may be normal even with chronic disease. A

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discrepancy in kidney size (>2 cm) may suggest unilateral renal artery stenosis. Color Doppler ßow can be used to assess renal perfusion and rule out thrombosis. Multiple bilateral cortical cysts may indicate polycystic kidney disease.

¥The presence of hydronephrosis and/or hydroureter is suggestive of a postrenal cause. However, a dehydrated patient may not exhibit signiÞcant hydronephrosis. Postvoidal residual urine of more than 100 mL is suggestive of bladder outlet obstruction.

¥Volume status can be assessed by checking the diameter and collapsibility of the inferior vena cava.

¥Radiologic examination is useful for detecting renal stones and pelvic fractures. However, fecoliths may masquerade as stones, and without proper bowel preparation, it is difÞcult to delineate stones.

¥Occasionally an intravenous urogram, contrast CT (if renal function is normal), MRI, or retrograde/antegrade (percutaneous) contrast studies may be necessary to delineate the site or nature of obstruction or injury.

¥Nuclear scans may be used to assess renal function, perfusion, or obstruction.

Step 8: Be wary of sepsis

¥Always suspect sepsis, whether as the primary cause or as an intercurrent complication. In such instances, the promptness and appropriateness of antibiotics can save lives.

¥In case of postrenal oliguria and urosepsis, urgent urological intervention such as urinary drainage using ureteric catheterization, DJ stents, or percutaneous nephrostomy may be required, as source control is vital. Perinephric collections of pus or blood may need drainage too (Fig. 44.1).

Step 9: Maintain renal perfusion pressure

¥Maintain mean arterial pressure (MAP) of more than 65 mmHg by adequate volume loading and with vasopressors if necessary. MAP may have to be kept higher if the patient is hypertensive or has a high IAP.

¥Individual titration is necessary in this regard. In cases of high IAP, renal perfusion pressure is equal to MAPÐ2 × IAP, and a higher MAP is desirable. Dose of vasopressors should be kept to minimum, which is necessary for maintaining an adequate MAP, and every attempt should be made to reduce dose of vasopressors.

¥Invasive hemodynamic monitoring (arterial line and central line) is usually needed in these cases.

¥There is no role of renal dose of dopamine to increase renal perfusion.

¥Dobutamine should be used to optimize cardiac output, provided there is no tachycardia or arrhythmia (refer to Chap. 18).

¥Occasionally one may have to take recourse to an intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) for hemodynamic optimization in cardiogenic shock.

¥Medical (e.g., diuresis, drainage of ascites) and surgical measures (e.g., opening up of abdominal sutures) should be taken up, where possible, to reduce intraabdominal hypertension.

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Urine output <0.5 mL/kg/h × 2 hours

 

Prerenal

Renal

Postrenal

History/exam (fluid loss,

History/exam (renovascular,

History/exam (Ureteric

sequestration, Cardiac

obstruction, clot, stone,

Output, sepsis, hepatorenal

glomerular, ATN, AIN)

urethral obstruction)

drugs, hyperviscosity)

 

 

 

Hemodynamic

Urinalysis (casts, crystals,

Urinalysis (clots, crystals,

assessment/fluid

responsiveness (CVP,

proteinuria, myoglobinuria,

sloughed papilla,

PCWP, PLR, Echo), SVV,

eosinophiluria, etc.)

malignant cells)

PICCO, etc.)

 

 

Urine analysis

Renal biopsy

Imaging (CT, MRU, RGP);

 

 

 

 

 

Urodynamic study

Na <10 mmol/L,

 

 

SG >1.018, Fe Na <1%

Checklist of

 

 

 

Checklist

 

 

causes

Yes

No

 

of causes

 

 

Consider

intrinsic renal Further fluid challenge and hemodynamic

reassessment for fluid responsiveness

Oliguria despite adequate filling

Consider Intra-abdominal hypertension

Fig. 44.1 Approach to oliguria

Step 10: Use diuretics judiciously

¥Weigh the potential beneÞts versus risks of a trial of intravenous diuretics. The role of diuretic therapy has been questioned as it does not affect renal outcome. However, in nonoliguric renal failure, management of the patient becomes easier. It creates some intravascular space for administering nutrition, intravenous antibiotics, blood, and blood products, where necessary.

However, diuretics have been shown to be detrimental too. They create an acidic

urine milieu, which might predispose to myoglobin precipitation and oxalate crystallization. The potential toxicities of diuretics include worsening of hypovolemia,

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metabolic alkalosis, and interstitial nephritis. Further, a diuretic response may delay a search for correctable causes of oliguria.

Step 11: Correct metabolic abnormalities

¥Look for and manage metabolic abnormalities, which may be a result of renal impairment such as hyperkalemia, hyper/hyponatremia, and hypocalcemia.

¥Look for causative factors such as hypercalcemia or hyperuricemia.

¥Frequent monitoring of electrolytes may be necessary.

¥The usual ureaÐcreatinine ratio is 10:1. An unusually high ureaÐcreatinine ratio is suggestive of volume depletion, gastrointestinal bleeding, catabolic state, or high protein feed.

¥A high creatinineÐurea ratio is associated with rhabdomyolysis or may indicate chronic kidney disease (CKD).

¥If rhabdomyolysis is suspected, the maintenance of urinary pH to more than 7 by systemic alkalinization is indicated.

Step 12: Avoid any potentially nephrotoxic agent

¥In high-risk cases, along with hydration with 0.9% saline, N-acetyl cysteine at a dose of 600 mg twice per day may be administered for 3 days from a day prior to elective radiocontrast imaging study.

¥Low osmolality or preferably iso-osmolar contrast should be used.

¥Avoid nephrotoxic antibiotics. Aminoglycosides, if used, should be dosed once daily.

¥Lipid formulations of amphotericin are preferable.

¥Intravenous use of voriconazole may cause nephrotoxicity due to b-cyclodextrin.

¥Intravenous acyclovir may cause crystal nephropathy.

¥High-dose mannitol may lead to osmotic nephropathy.

¥NSAIDs should be avoided.

Step 13: Strive to detect acute kidney injury (AKI) as early as possible (Table 44.3)

¥The Acute Dialysis Quality Initiative (ADQI) group, composed of nephrologists and intensivists, has laid down deÞnitive criteria for diagnosing AKI, which has been universally accepted and validated.

¥This is the RIFLE criteria (risk, injury, failure, loss, end-stage kidney disease), which should now be followed in all ICUs to stratify AKI.

Table 44.3

RIFLE criteria

 

Category

Glomerular Þltration rate (GFR) criteria

Urine output (UO) criteria

Risk

Increased creatinine × 1.5 or GFR decrease >25%

UO <0.5 mL/kg/h × 6 h

Injury

Increased creatinine × 2 or GFR decrease >50%

UO <0.5 mL/kg/h × 12 h

Failure

Increased creatinine × 3 or GFR decrease >75%

UO <0.3 mL/kg/h × 24 h or

 

 

anuria × 12 h

Loss

Persistent acute renal failure = complete loss of kidney function in >4 weeks

ESKD

End-stage kidney disease (>3 months)

 

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