Renal Failure Definition

noun
Acute or chronic malfunction of the kidneys resulting from any of a number of causes, including infection, trauma, toxins, hemodynamic abnormalities, and autoimmune disease, and often resulting in systemic symptoms, especially edema, hypertension, metabolic acidosis, and uremia.
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Synonyms:
  • kidney failure

Renal Failure Sentence Examples

  • Chronic renal failure is amenable to dietary modification however acute is not.

  • In addition to promoting systemic atherosclerosis, an elevation in lipid levels also may contribute to the development of glomerulosclerosis in chronic renal failure.

  • A study was to investigating whether the use of cardiopulmonary bypass increased the risk of developing acute renal failure.

  • It is relatively contraindicated in asthma and renal failure and should be given in small increments in uncorrected hypovolaemia.

  • Production of endogenous erythropoietin is impaired in patients with chronic renal failure and the primary cause of their anemia is due to erythropoietin deficiency.

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