Acute interstitial nephritis is an important cause of acute renal failure resulting from immune-mediated tubulointerstitial injury, initiated by medications, infection, and other causes. Acute interstitial nephritis may be implicated in up to 15 percent of patients hospitalized for acute renal failure.
The first player places one of their dominoes (right-side up) on the table. The second player tries to put a domino on the table that matches one side of what's already there. If a player cannot go, the player picks a domino from the pile and skips that turn. The chain of the played dominoes develops randomly, and can look a lot like a snake.
Two teams of two players acting as partners play Cuban dominoes. There are three standard games: 100, 150, or the longest version, which is 200 points. The most popular game is played to 150 points. The two teams usually play three sets -- whoever wins two games out of three wins the match. The fichas, or tiles, are placed face down on the domino table. One player mixes up the tiles by sliding them around randomly. Once shuffled, each player takes 10 dominoes each (40 in total), leaving 15 pieces aside. Each player places the 10 dominoes in his hand on edge facing away from the other players so that only the player can see them. Some domino tables have special channels or a raised edge to help keep the hand upright.