Kidney Failure |
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| Failure, Kidney; Failure, Renal; Failures, Kidney; Failures, Renal; Kidney Failures; Renal Failures | |
| A severe irreversible decline in the ability of kidneys to remove wastes, concentrate URINE, and maintain ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; BLOOD PRESSURE; and CALCIUM metabolism. Renal failure, either acute (KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE) or chronic (KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC), requires HEMODIALYSIS. | |