Acute Renal Failure

What is acute renal failure?

sudden decline in kidney ftn
most important diagnostic factors
- azotemia- elevated bun
- oliguria- making no urine
3 types of ARF
- 1) Pre-renal
- 2) Renal: Intrinisic or injury to renal parenchyma
- 3) Post renal: obstruction to urinary tract.

Author

dangstercards

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13116

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Acute Renal Failure

Description

Manual of ICU

Updated

2010-04-05T03:51:48Z