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Title: When a child is admitted with acute renal failure, a clinician realizes the most common cause of ...
Post by: AyeDocJ on Feb 12, 2018
When a child is admitted with acute renal failure, a clinician realizes the most common cause of acute renal failure is:
 
  a. glomerulonephritis.
  b. obstruction.
  c. nephrotic syndrome.
  d. hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS).


Title: When a child is admitted with acute renal failure, a clinician realizes the most common cause of ...
Post by: dawkins0126@aol on Feb 12, 2018
ANS: D
HUS is the most common cause of acute renal failure in children. Glomerulonephritis can lead to renal failure, but it is not the most common. While either obstruction or nephrotic syndrome could contribute to renal failure, neither is not the most common cause.