See Also: Acute renal failure(medicine)
Acute renal failure(health)
Renal failure(medicine)
Chronic renal failure(medicine)
Chronic renal failure(health)
kidney failure, acute(medicine)
Acute kidney failure(medicine)
acute respiratory failure(medicine)
Acute kidney failure(health)
liver failure, acute(medicine)

Acute renal failure (medicine)


acute renal failure
<nephrology> A sudden decline in renal function may be triggered by a number of acute disease processes.

Examples include sepsis (infection), shock, trauma, kidney stones, kidney infection, drug toxicity (aspirin or lithium), poisons or toxins (drug abuse) or after injection with an iodinated contrast dye (adverse effect).

Chronic renal failure represents a slow decline in kidney function over time. Chronic renal failure may be caused by a number of disorders which include long-standing hypertension, diabetes, congestive heart failure, lupus or sickle cell anaemia. Both forms of renal failure result in a life-threatening metabolic derangement.