A Case Report of Acute Renal Failure in Intensive Care Unit

Abstract

Acute kidney injury in the intensive care unit (ICU) is a life-threatening serious disease that is associated with morbidity and mortality. Malnutrition is an important factor that results in a negative clinical prognosis, especially in ICU patients with acute renal injury. Therefore, nutritional therapy should be started in accordance with the disease, treatment, complications, requirements and demographic properties in these patients with nutritional risk. In this case report, nutritional therapy of acute renal failure in the ICU of cardiovascular surgery was discussed. The transition of patient from intensive care unit to the clinic and discharge was also presented.