Kidney Failure, Acute |
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| Acute Kidney Failure; Acute Renal Failure; Acute Renal Failures; Kidney Failures, Acute; Renal Failures, Acute | |
| A severe stage of acute renal insufficiency, characterized by the sudden decrease in GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE to less than 15 ml per min, sometime to less than 1 to 2 ml per min. It is usually associated with OLIGURIA; EDEMA; and increase in BLOOD UREA NITROGEN and serum CREATININE concentrations. | |