Table 2.

Principal etiologies of acute renal failure in patients admitted in the ICU.

	n	%a
Nephrotoxic drugs	48	47
Shock/sepsis	41	40
Acute tubular necrosisb	19	18
Cancer	10	10
Tumor lysis syndrome	8	8
MOF	4	4
Hepato-renal syndrome	4	4
Other	12	12
Unknownc	6	6

^aOne patient could have had more than one etiological factor: a combination of at least two factors has been seen in 43 patients (42% of the cases).

^bAcute tubular necrosis except nephrotoxic drugs and shock/sepsis.

^cNo aetiology has been formally identified.

MOF, multiple organ failure.