Renal failure

Renal Failure
Diseases of the kidneys often produce temporary or permanent changes to the small functional structures and vessels inside the kidney. Frequent urinary tract infections can cause scarring to these structures leading to renal failure.

Renal Failure and Uremia
Uremia is a toxic condition resulting from renal failure, when kidney function is compromised and urea, a waste product normally excreted in the urine, is retained in the blood.

Renal Failure
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Renal Failure
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Definition of medical terminology for Renal Failure.

What is Renal Failure - Acute?
Your kidneys are two very important organs in the body, which help perform many functions.

Renal Failure
The kidneys, which has the medical term of “renal,' are responsible for eliminating excess fluids, salts (also called electrolytes), and wastes from the blood; they are essentially the body’s filters.

Acute Renal Failure Causes, Symptoms and Treatment
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This topic provides information about sudden kidney failure. If you are looking for information about long-term kidney disease, see the topic Chronic Kidney Disease.

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Acute renal failure
This may occur with any serious illness or operation, particularly those complicated by severe infection.

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Chronic renal failure
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There are many possible reasons our kidneys fail, and the risk increases with age.

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Renal failure is a serious medical condition affecting the kidneys. When a person suffers from renal failure, their kidneys are not functioning properly or no longer work at all.

Acute renal failure is the sudden loss of kidney function. Kidneys clean waste from the blood and manage the balance of fluid in the body.

Acute renal failure has three main causes:
A sudden, serious drop in blood flow to the kidneys. Heavy blood loss, an injury, or a bad infection called sepsis can reduce blood flow to the kidneys.

Acute renal failure occurs when the filtering function of the kidneys changes suddenly. The kidneys are not able to maintain healthy body function.
What is going on in the body?

Chronic renal failure results in an accumulation of fluid and waste products in the body, leading to a build up of nitrogen waste products in the blood (azotemia) and general ill health. Most body systems are affected by chronic renal failure.

End-Stage Renal failure and Dialysis
Most persons with chronic kidney disease never progress to established renal failure (that is, Grade 5) also known as “End Stage Renal Failure'.

Alternate Names : Renal failure - end stage, Kidney failure - end stage, ESRD
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Kidney failure - chronic; Renal failure - chronic; Chronic renal insufficiency; Chronic kidney failure; Chronic renal failure
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Renal Failure, Chronic
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Chronic Kidney Failure
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Renal Failure
A blockage from kidney stones has caused renal failure.
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Renal failure
Renal failure is the condition in which the kidneys fail to function properly.
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renal failure: Loss of the kidney's ability to excrete wastes, produce urine and conserve electrolytes.
sepsis: Presence in blood or other body tissues of harmful bacteria spreading from a focal point of infection.

renal failure A condition in which the kidneys stop working and are not able to remove waste and extra water from the blood or keep body chemicals in balance.

Renal Failure
Avoid aspirin in patients with severe renal failure (glomerular filtration rate less than 10 mL/minute).
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Acute Renal Failure
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Myocardial infarction - a heart attack may lead to temporary kidney failure.

Acute renal failure is a condition in which there is damage and deterioration of kidney function that occurs suddenly, generally over a period of days.

acute renal failure - a condition in which the kidneys suddenly stop working. In most cases, kidneys can recover from almost complete loss of function.
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Acute renal failure: The kidney plays an essential role in excreting toxins from the body. However, kidney function can fail, for example as a consequence of massive blood loss. This has effects on the heart and nervous system, and can be fatal.

Acute renal failure: Due to fall in BP or haemoglobinuria.
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Acute Renal Failure
A few forms of glomerular disease cause very rapid deterioration of kidney function.

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Renal failure may develop both acutely and chronically. It is commonly due to hypercalcemia (see above).

Acute Renal Failure »
Acute renal failure (ARF) or acute kidney injury (AKI), as it is now referred to in the literature, is defined as an abrupt or rapid decline in renal filtration function.
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Chronic renal failure develops over months and years. The most common causes of chronic renal failure are related to:
poorly controlled diabetes,
poorly controlled high blood pressure, and ...

Renal Failure
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Renal failure - end stage; Kidney failure - end stage; ESRD
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Renal failure, acidosis and hypocalcemia may follow the intake of ethylene glycol. There can be widespread tissue injury in the kidney, brain, liver, and blood vessels. The result can be fatal.

Renal failure can occur.
Renal infarction -- the segment of kidney dies
Pulmonary Emboli can occur.
Death is rare.

Renal failure
Toxic ingestions
Ketoacidosis is a common complication of type 1 diabetes mellitus, but it also occurs with chronic alcoholism, undernutrition, and, to a lesser degree, fasting.

Renal Failure
Sodium and Fluid Restriction
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Renal Failure
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Renal failure - A temporary decrease in kidney function occurs in approximately 5 to 10 percent of patients undergoing CABG.
Other complications - A number of other complications may occur as well.

Acute Renal Failure (ARF): Renal Failure: Merck Manual Professional
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Acute renal failure occurring in a patient with liver failure. The exact causal relationship in unclear, but those with alcoholic cirrhosis and alcoholic hepatitis are at greatest risk.

Acute renal failure is the sudden loss of kidney function when a patient is in a hyper-catabolic or metabolically stressed state.

Acute renal failure - In this form of kidney failure, the kidneys stop functioning properly because of a sudden illness, a medication or medical condition that causes one of the following: ...

Acute renal failure (if thrombosis occurs in a dehydrated child)
Embolization of the blood clot to the lungs (pulmonary embolism)
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Acute renal failure
Chronic renal failure
Interstitial nephritis
Renal papillary necrosis (tissue death)
Urinary tract infections, chronic or recurrent
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Acute renal failure denotes a sudden onset of renal failure, such as that caused by accident, certain drugs or poison. The kidneys may recover or the damage may be permanent.

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form of renal failure known as hepatorenal syndrome (HRS) ... circulations: "Hepatorenal syndrome is a clinical condition that ...
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Chronic renal failure
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In acute renal failure, they symptoms vary depending on the cause. Any or all of these symptoms could be experienced: ...

End stage renal failure, or kidney failure, occurs when your kidneys are no longer able to support you in a reasonably healthy state, and dialysis or transplantation is needed. This happens when your kidneys function at only 10 to 15 percent.

Chronic renal failure: Slow progressive loss of kidney function over the span of years, resulting in permanent kidney failure.

Treatment of Renal Failure
Interventional radiologists also play a role in treating patients with renal failure.

Chronic renal failure is a term that is sometimes used but means much the same as CKD. CKD is a better term as the word failure implies that the kidneys have totally stopped working. In most cases of CKD this is not so.

People with anemia may be tired and pale and may feel their heartbeat change. Anemia is common in people with chronic renal failure or those on dialysis . (Source: excerpt from Kidney Failure Glossary: NIDDK)
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Kidney failure (Renal failure)
Malfunction of the kidneys resulting from disease or toxic effects of drugs or chemicals. Urine volume may or may not be diminished.

See also: Kidney, Symptom, Cancer, Diabetes, Infections