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Necrose tubular aguda

Last reviewed: 21 Aug 2025
Last updated: 29 Sep 2020

Summary

Definition

History and exam

Key diagnostic factors

  • presença de fatores de risco
  • oligúria ou anúria
  • hipotensão
  • taquicardia
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Other diagnostic factors

  • pouca ingestão de alimentos e anorexia
  • mal-estar
  • sede
  • tontura
  • ortopneia/dispneia
  • edema
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Risk factors

  • doença renal crônica (DRC)
  • hipertensão crônica
  • diabetes mellitus
  • idade avançada
  • estados de baixa perfusão
  • sepse
  • cirurgia de grande porte
  • exposição a agentes nefrotóxicos
  • exposição a meio de radiocontraste
  • exposição a toxinas endógenas
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Diagnostic tests

1st tests to order

  • perfil metabólico básico (incluindo ureia e creatinina)
  • relação ureia/creatinina
  • concentração de sódio urinário
  • osmolalidade urinária
  • excreção fracionada de sódio
  • excreção fracionada de ureia
  • análise do sedimento urinário
  • Hemograma completo
  • exames de coagulação
  • mioglobina urinária
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Tests to consider

  • gasometria arterial
  • exames de agregação plaquetária
  • ultrassonografia
  • eletrocardiograma (ECG)
  • diâmetro da veia cava inferior (VCI) medido por ultrassonografia
  • biópsia renal
  • biomarcadores séricos e urinários
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Treatment algorithm

ACUTE

necrose tubular aguda (NTA)

Contributors

Authors

Maria Jesus Lloret Cora, MD, MSc

Consulting Staff

Nephrology Department

Fundació Puigvert

Barcelona

Spain

Disclosures

MJLC declares that she has no competing interests.

Leonor Fayos de Arizon, MD

Resident

Nephrology Department

Fundació Puigvert

Barcelona

Spain

Disclosures

LFA declares that she has no competing interests.

Acknowledgements

Dr Maria Jesus Lloret Cora would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Roser Torra, the previous contributor to this topic.

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Рецензенты

Ajay Kumar, MD, FACP

Medical Director

Blood Management

Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland

OH

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AK has received a fee for speaking about perioperative blood management from Ortho-Biotech and has also received reimbursement from medscape.com for the education webcast of the same presentation.

Irfan Moinuddin, MD

Assistant Professor

Chicago Medical School

Rosalind Franklin University

Lombard

IL

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IM declares that he has no competing interests.

Robert Tompkins, MD

Associate Professor

Department of Family Medicine

University of Texas Health Science Center

Tyler

TX

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RT declares that he has no competing interests.

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Основные статьи

Gill N, Nally JV Jr, Fatica RA. Renal failure secondary to acute tubular necrosis: epidemiology, diagnosis, and management. Chest. 2005 Oct;128(4):2847-63. Аннотация

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