What is Kidney failure?
What is Kidney failure?
- Kidney failure: Total failure of the kidneys to filter waste.
- Kidney failure: Acute or chronic condition, characterized by the inability of the kidneys to adequately filter the blood substances, resulting in uremia and electrolyte imbalances. Acute renal failure is usually associated with oliguria or anuria, hyperkalemia, and pulmonary edema. Chronic renal failure is irreversible and requires hemodialysis.--2004
Source - Diseases Database
- Kidney failure: inability of the kidneys to excrete wastes and to help maintain the electrolyte balance.
Source - WordNet 2.1
Kidney failure: Introduction
Types of Kidney failure:
Types of Kidney failure:
Broader types of Kidney failure:
How serious is Kidney failure?
Complications of Kidney failure:
see complications of Kidney failure
What causes Kidney failure?
Causes of Kidney failure: see causes of Kidney failure
Risk factors for Kidney failure:
see
risk factors for Kidney failure
What are the symptoms of Kidney failure?
Symptoms of Kidney failure:
see symptoms of Kidney failure
Complications of Kidney failure:
see complications of Kidney failure
Kidney failure: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Kidney failure.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Kidney failure.
How is it treated?
Treatments for Kidney failure:
see treatments for Kidney failure
Research for Kidney failure:
see research for Kidney failure
Society issues for Kidney failure
Cost statistics for Kidney failure:
The following are statistics from various sources about costs and Kidney failure:
- End-stage renal program cost $22.8 billion in public and private spending in the US 2001 (United States Renal Data System, 2003, NIDDK)
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Hospitalization statistics for Kidney failure:
The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Kidney failure:
- 11,601 people were hospitalised for kidney failure in Australia 2001-02 (Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
- 44% of people hospitalised for kidney failure were women in Australia 2001-02 (Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
- 56% of people hospitalised for kidney failure were men in Australia 2001-02 (Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
- 7.7 days was the average length of stay in a hospital for kidney failure for men in Australia 2001-02 (Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
- 8.4 days was the average length of stay in a hospital for kidney failure for women in Australia 2001-02 (Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
- 0.65% (83,465) of hospital episodes were for renal failure in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 82% of hospital consultations for renal failure required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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Organs Affected by Kidney failure:
kidney
Name and Aliases of Kidney failure
Main name of condition: Kidney failure
Other names or spellings for Kidney failure:
renal failure
Azotemia renal, Uremia, Renal failure
Source - Diseases Database
Renal failure, Kidney failure
Source - WordNet 2.1
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