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.
Following are the rules for the two most commonly played games in the West - the standard or block game and the draw game. The instructions describe the games played with the standard or double-six domino set comprising 28 tiles, but the games can be played with a double-nine or a double-twelve set.