Difference between revisions of "Renal failure"
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===Acute renal failure=== | ===Acute renal failure=== | ||
*[[Acute tubular necrosis]]. | *[[Acute tubular necrosis]]. | ||
*Acute cardiac failure, e.g. [[myocardial infarction]]. | |||
===Chronic renal failure=== | ===Chronic renal failure=== | ||
Revision as of 02:22, 26 December 2013
Renal failure, also kidney failure, is dysfunction of the kidneys.
It can be subdivided in a number of different ways.
Acutity
- Acute renal failure (ARF).
- Chronic renal failure (CRF).
Acute renal failure
- Acute tubular necrosis.
- Acute cardiac failure, e.g. myocardial infarction.
Chronic renal failure
- Diabetic nephropathy (diabetes mellitus).
- IgA nephropathy.
- Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease.
- Lupus nephritis (systemic lupus erythematosus).
- Wegener's granulomatosis.
Anatomical cause
- Pre-renal.
- Renal.
- Post-renal.
Pre-renal
- Hypotension due to blood loss (e.g. blunt force trauma, sharp force trauma, gunshot wound).
- Reduced cardiac output, e.g. myocardial infarction.
- Renal artery stenosis.
Renal
Post-renal
- Nodular hyperplasia of the prostate.
- Obstruction due to abdominal malignancy.
- Posterior urethral valves.