Renal Failure - Complications

Complications of Acute Renal Failure

Metabolic

• • Hyponatremia

  • Hyperkalemia

  • Hypocalcemia

  • Hyperphosphatemia

  • Hypermagnesemia

  • Hyperuricemia

Cardiovascular

• • Pulmonary edema

  • Cardiac dysrhythmias

  • HTN

  • Pericarditis

Neurologic

• • Encephlopathy: Asterixis, neuromuscular irritability, somnolence, coma, seizures

Hematologic

• • Anemia

  • Coagulopathies

  • Hemorrhagic diathesis

Gastrointestinal

• • Nausea, vomiting

Infectious

• • Pneumonia

  • UTI

  • Wound infection

  • Sepsis