Renal Failure in Pregnancy: Case Reports and Review of the Literature

Abstract

Acute renal failure (ARF) is rarely associated with pregnancy. However, it is a severe health-deterioratingproblem of pregnant women without a known kidney disease. Although its incidence is relatively low indeveloped countries (1/20000), it is still a serious health issue in the developing world. In addition to anyof the etiological factors that may result in ARF in non-pregnant women, pregnancy also increases thevulnerability of some special diseases that may result with the renal injury. In this review we aimed to summarize antepartum and postpartum causes of renal failure via summarizing two cases of renal failure