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Acute renal failure
Acute renal failure, also known as acute kidney failure, occurs when your body is unable to clear out the products of metabolism that are normally filtered and excreted by your kidneys. Accute renal failure can be caused by the obstruction of urine flow, infection, severe metabolic problems, drugs, or poisoning.
Dr. Michael Rothman reviewed this
37 year experience in Internal Medicine
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Baby 0-2 | Common | ||||
Preteen 6-13 | Common | ||||
Teenager 14-18 | Common | ||||
Young adult 19-40 | Common | ||||
Middle-aged adult 41-60 | Very common |
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What is acute renal failure?
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What is a common predisposing factor for pre-renal acute renal failure post-operatively?
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Hoping you can tell me, is common predisposing factor for pre-renal acute renal failure post-operatively?
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What is the treatment for acute renal failure?
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How often could kidney function return if you suffered from acute renal failure?
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Could oxycodone cause acute renal failure?
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Can drinking water reverse acute renal failure?
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How effective is a ureteric stent for treating acute renal failure?
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How effective is furosemide (Lasix) for treating acute renal failure?
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Why is a patient with acute renal failure at a higher risk for infection?
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What is the difference between acute renal failure and acute tubular necrosis?
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Creatinine level is 12.6. Can this be brought down? Can it be a case of acute renal failure and things get back to normal after some treatment?
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A 41-year old asked:
My husband thinks that he has kidney stones and people keep mentioning something else called acute renal failure. What is that?
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I read somewhere that chronic renal failure can present with polyuria. Then how is it that acute renal failure is the opposite?
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A 22-year old male asked:
Pre-renal acute renal failure may occur without systemic hypotension in patients taking nsaid or acei , why ? I just do not get it ?
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My daughter is in hospital with acute renal failure...Her creatine level is now 11.2 it has continured to go up. Dialysis or what help?
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Why is the mortality risk so high for icu patients having acute renal failure? If you are already in the hospital, can't you start dialysis quickly?
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My mom is in the hospital in icu and has acute renal failure and ards, what is prognosis?
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Subsequent to heart surgery patients suffers acute renal failure, dialysis done breifly then low b.P occurs now dialys?
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A 49-year old male asked:
I have wegeners , complete with nasal and palate perforations. I had acute renal failure, am on treatment and having relapses. Odds for survival?
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A 71-year old female asked:
What is the likelihood of bactrim (sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim) which was given for a skin disorder being the cause of acute renal failure.
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My grandma has just started on solid foods (recovering from acute renal failure) and has black stools. GP said to wait to see. What should we do?
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I got deafness in both ears due ro acute renal failure 8 years ago but only recently I've been feeling vertigo and it wont go away. How do I fix this?
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Who gets acute renal failure or hepatic injury from angiotensin receptor blockers? If you have normal liver and kidney function before your start an ARB when is it most likely to occur and how frequently should you have blood/urine tests to check?
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