GB52
category
Acute tubular necrosis
Definition
Any condition of the kidney, caused by hypotension, hypoperfusion, ischaemia, hypoxia, or use of nephrotoxic drugs. These conditions are characterised by death of tubular epithelial cells and acute kidney injury. Confirmation is by identification of "muddy brown casts" of epithelial cells in a urine sample.
Exclusions
Also indexed as
Acute renal failure with tubular necrosisAcute tubular necrosisAcute tubular necrosis due to drugs, biological agents or environmental toxinsAcute tubular necrosis due to ischaemia or hypotension or other causes classified elsewhereAcute tubular necrosis due to mixed ischaemic and toxic causesAcute tubular necrosis due to tubular toxinsAcute tubular necrosis due to tubular toxins produced internallyacute kidney insufficiency with tubular necrosisacute renal insufficiency with tubular necrosisacute renal tubular necrosisacute tubular nephrosisacute tubule necrosisischaemic acute tubular necrosisischaemic tubular necrosiskidney tubular necrosislower nephron nephrosisnecrotising renal oedemarenal failure with tubular necrosisrenal tubular necrosistoxic tubular necrosistubular kidney necrosistubular necrosis NOStubular nephrosis