What is the most common cause of chronic renal failure?
Correct Answer: Diabetes mellitus
Description: The most common cause of chronic renal failure is diabetes mellitus, not glomerulonephritis. Foy percent of patients with Type I diabetes mellitus eventually develop diabetic nephropathy chronic renal failure. Twenty percent of patients with Type II diabetes mellitus develop diabetic nephropathy and subsequent chronic renal failure. Ref: Obrador G.T. (2009). Chapter 17. Chronic Renal Failure & the Uremic Syndrome. In E.V. Lerma, J.S. Berns, A.R. Nissenson (Eds), CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Nephrology & Hypeension.
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