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What is the difference between the treatments for azotemia and uremia?

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Here are some...: These 2 terms present the pattern of the beginning and ending of kidney functional impairment. Azotemia is suspected at finding elevated blood urea nitrogen (BUN) which indirectly suggested intake of exogenous nitrogen - protein, and appears at the time of insufficient or dysfunctional filtering of blood... , & uremia occurs at the end of renal damage for which dialysis is needed. More? Ask doctor

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