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potassium-sparing diuretics
- Acute kidney failure
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Injuries
- Burns
- Rhabdomyolysis
- Glomerulonephritis
- Gastrointestinal Bl...
- Lupus Nephritis
- Urinary Tract Obstr...
- Hemolytic Disorder
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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 bloodst...
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Acute (sudden) kidney failure is the sudden loss of the ability of the kidneys to remove waste and concentrate urine without losing electrolytes.
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Acute kidney failure (AKF) occurs when there is a sudden reduction in kidney function that results in nitrogenous wastes accumulating in the blood (azotemia).
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Chronic kidney failure occurs when disease or disorder damages the kidneys so that they are no longer capable of adequately removing fluids and wastes from the body or of maintaining the proper level of certain kidney-regulated chemicals in the bl...
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Chronic kidney disease is the slow loss of kidney function over time. The main function of the kidneys is to remove wastes and excess water from the body.
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Chronic kidney failure occurs when disease or dis- order damages the kidneys so that they can no longer adequately remove fluids and wastes from the body or maintain proper levels of kidney-regulated chemicals in the bloodstream.
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Mass of abnormally growing cells. Tumor is the term applied to any collection of abnormally growing cells. In most instances, tumors are solid, although health care professionals use the term solid tumor specifically to describe a localized mass o...
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A tumor is an abnormal growth of body tissue. Tumors can be cancerous (malignant) or non-cancerous (benign.
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Contact injuries to the skin and deeper tissues caused by exposure to flames, hot liquids or solids, radiant heat, caustic chemicals, electricity or electromagnetic (nuclear) radiation. Every year, in the United States, approximately two million p...
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There are three levels of burns: First-degree burns affect only the outer layer of the skin. They cause pain, redness, and swelling; Second-degree (partial thickness) burns affect both the outer and underlying layer of skin. They cause pain, redne...
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Burns are injuries to tissues that are caused by heat, friction, electricity, radiation, or chemicals.
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Burns are injuries to the tissues caused by heat, friction, electricity, radiation, or chemicals. Such injuries cause the breakdown of body proteins, death of cells, loss of body fluids, and edema .
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Burns are injuries to tissues caused by heat, friction, electricity, radiation, or chemicals.
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Burns are injuries to tissues caused by heat, friction, electricity, radiation, or chemicals. A patient is treated for burn wounds. ( Phototake . Reproduced by permission. )
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Rhabdomyolysis is the breakdown of muscle fibers resulting in the release of muscle fiber contents (myoglobin) into the bloodstream. Some of these are harmful to the kidney and frequently result in kidney damage.
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Glomerulonephritis is a type of kidney disease in which the part of your kidneys that helps filter waste and fluids from the blood is damaged.
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Acute glomerulonephritis is an inflammatory disease of both kidneys predominantly affecting children from ages two to 12. Chronic glomerulonephritis can develop over a period of 10–20 years and is most often associated with other systemic disease,...
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Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding refers to any bleeding that starts in the gastrointestinal tract, which extends from the mouth to the anus. The amount of bleeding can range from nearly undetectable to acute, massive, and life threatening. Bleeding ...
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GI bleeding studies uses radioactive materials in the investigation of bleeding from the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. These studies go under various names such as "GI bleeding scans" or "Tagged red blood cell scans." They are performed and interpr...
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Lupus nephritis is a kidney disorder that is a complication of systemic lupus erythematosus.
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Obstructive uropathy is a condition in which the flow of urine is blocked, causing it to back up and injure one or both kidneys.
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Hemolytic crisis occurs from the rapid destruction of large numbers of red blood cells (hemolysis. The destruction occurs much faster than the body can compensate by producing more red blood cells.
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