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

• Main Author: Albert Bensman
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-01-01
• Series: Frontiers in Pediatrics
• Subjects: non-steroidal anti-infammatory drugs; volume depletion; acute renal failure; arachidonic acid; prostaglandin E2; interstitial nephritis
• Online Access: https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fped.2019.00517/full

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.