Bladder Infection : Complications

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Complications could include:
Chronic or recurrent urinary tract infection; Complicated UTI (pyelonephritis; Acute renal failure.
Source:ADAM
Date:August 15, 2006
Acute renal failure is sudden loss of the ability of the kidneys to excrete wastes, concentrate urine, and conserve electrolytes . ("Acute" means sudden, "renal" refers to the kidneys.)
Source:ADAM
Date:August 3, 2006
Acute kidney failure occurs when illness, infection, or injury damages the kidneys. Temporarily, the kidneys cannot adequately remove fluids and wastes from the body or maintain the proper level of certain kidney-regulated chemicals in the bloodstream.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Acute kidney failure (AKF) occurs when there is a sudden reduction in kidney function that results in nitrogenous wastes accumulating in the blood (azotemia). The kidneys are the body's natural filtration system.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Chronic urinary tract infection is a disorder involving repeated or prolonged bacterial infection of the bladder or lower urinary tract (urethra).
Source:ADAM
Date:August 14, 2007
Pyelonephritis is an infection of the kidney and the ducts that carry urine away from the kidney (ureters).
Source:ADAM
Date:July 25, 2006
Pyelonephritis is an inflammation of the kidney and upper urinary tract that usually results from noncontagious bacterial infection of the bladder ( cystitis ). Acute pyelonephritis is most common in adult females but can affect people of either sex and any age.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
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