Acute kidney failure

Introduction: Acute kidney failure

Acute kidney failure: Sudden failure of the kidneys. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Acute kidney failure is available below.

Symptoms of Acute kidney failure

• Reduced urine output
• Blood in urine
• Albumin in urine
• Proteinuria
• Nausea

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Home Diagnostic Testing

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Medical Textbooks Online about Acute kidney failure

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Acute kidney failure?

• Misdiagnosis of Acute kidney failure
• Underlying causes of Acute kidney failure (possibly wrongly diagnosed)

Misdiagnosis and Acute kidney failure

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Causes of Acute kidney failure

• Urinary tract infections
• Accidental kidney damage
• Drug abuse

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• Underlying causes of Acute kidney failure
• Acute kidney failure as a complication caused by other conditions
• Acute kidney failure as a symptom

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Reseach about Acute kidney failure

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Clinical Trials for Acute kidney failure

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Acute kidney failure include:

• Study of Heat Shock Proteins as Prognostic Factor of Acute Renal Failure in Children (HSP-Study) - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of the Renal Assist Device in Patients With Acute Renal Failure - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Safety and Efficacy of the Use of Regional Anticoagulation With Citrate in Continuous Venovenous Hemofiltration - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - nadroparin,trisodium citrate
• Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Polymorphism and Acute Renal Failure (ECAREA) - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Bicarbonate v Saline to Prevent Contrast Nephropathy - This study is not yet open for patient recruitment (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - 0.9% (154 mEq/L) IV Sodium Chloride,1/6 M (166 mEq/L) IV Sodium Bicarbonate

See full list of 37 Clinical Trials for Acute kidney failure

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Definitions of Acute kidney failure:

A clinical syndrome characterized by a sudden decrease in glomerular filtration rate, often to values of less than 1 to 2 ml per minute. It is usually associated with oliguria (urine volumes of less than 400 ml per day) and is always associated with biochemical consequences of the reduction in glomerular filtration rate such as a rise in blood urea nitrogen (BUN) and serum creatinine concentrations. - (Source - Diseases Database)

Renal failure associated with burns or other trauma or with acute infection or obstruction of the urinary tract - (Source - WordNet 2.1)