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FENA
- FeNa = (urine Na/plasma Na)/(urine creatinine/plasma creatinine)*
- FeNa <1 % = prerenal ARF
- FeNa >1% = ATN
*FeNa best interpreted in oliguria
Exceptions (intrinsic renal failure with FeNa <1%)
- Urinary tract obstruction
- Acute glomerulonephritis
- Hepatorenal syndrome
- Radiologic contrast–induced ATN
- Myoglobinuric and hemoglobinuric ARF
- Renal allograft rejection
- Drug-related alterations in renal hemodynamics (eg, captopril, NSAIDs)