AUTHOR=Bensman Albert 

TITLE=Non-steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) Systemic Use: The Risk of Renal Failure

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Pediatrics

VOLUME=7

YEAR=2020

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/pediatrics/articles/10.3389/fped.2019.00517

DOI=10.3389/fped.2019.00517

ISSN=2296-2360

ABSTRACT=<p>For the pediatric nephrologist, the over-the-counter status for non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) is surprising due to their possible harmful side effects. These can include acute renal failure due mainly to glomerular hypoperfusion which may lead to acute tubular necrosis; more rarely in children, medullary ischemic injury and cardiovascular diseases; acute or chronic interstitial nephritis which may cause chronic renal failure. All of them may create electrolyte abnormalities: hyponatremia, hyperkaliemia, renal tubular acidosis, fluid retention causing hypertension.</p>