non-obstructive anuria caused by secondary renal disease

Last reviewed 01/2018

The secondary renal disorders causing non-obstructive anuria include:

  • acute tubular necrosis e.g. following a hypotensive episode
  • septic shock e.g. following a septic abortion
  • following the rapid emptying of the bladder after chronic urinary retention
  • poisoning e.g. lead
  • the Blackwater fever of falciparum malaria
  • transfusion reaction
  • crush syndrome
  • intravascular haemolysis