[Using urinary diagnostic indices to evaluate acute renal failure in epidemic hemorrhagic fever]

The urinary diagnostic indices were used to evaluate acute renal failure in 118 cases with epidemic hemorrhagic fever (EHF). When the renal failure was mainly caused by acute tubular necrosis, it would occur earlier and persist longer. The authors suggested that the indices are helpful in documenting the severity and identifying the characteristics of acute renal failure in EHF. The mechanisms for developing acute renal failure in EHF was discussed.