PDF-Renal Failure: A Report of Two CasesChao-En Huang, MD; Tiao-Lai Huangw

106 Chang Gung Med J Vol 33 No 1azepines on the treatment of organic catatoniaA 58 yearold male was diagnosed with endunit ICU because of high fever and severe rightinfection The pneumonia was. acute kidney injury AKI is a sudden and usually reversible loss of renal function which develops over days or weeks and is usually accompanied by a reduction in urine volume. . A rasied creatinine level can be due to acute, acute on chronic of chronic kidney disease.. Senior Nursing Lecturer. BGI. Definition. . ARF Is . the rapid breakdown of renal (. kidney) function . that occurs when high levels of uremic . toxins (waste . products of the body's . metabolism) accumulate . By. Dr. . Hayam. . Hebah. Associate professor of Internal Medicine. AL . Maarefa. College. ACUTE RENAL FAILURE. AKI:. It is . sudden. and usually . reversible. loss of kidney function which develops over days or weeks and . Dr. Mohd. Aslam. Anatomy. Basic Renal Physiology. . Nephron. is the functional unit of the kidney. Capable of forming urine, has two major. components:. – . Glomerulus. – Tubule:. • proximal. Renal failure. Renal failure is defined as a significant loss of renal function in both kid. . to . the point of about 10-20% of the GFR.. Renal failure may . occure. as an acute and rapidly progressing process or may present as chronic form in which there is a progressive loss of renal function over a many yrs.. Diuretics . Mohammed Al-Manna . Doctor of pharmacology and therapeutics. Filtration rate = GFR. Edema . Edema. is movement of fluid from vascular compartment into . interstitial space.. Edema is normal response of the body to injury or inflammation .. Manuscript received January 20, 2015; revised March 25, 2015. The impact of lipid abnormalities on renal function has been evaluated in various studies [5]. In these studies, unfavorable lipoprotein Zaidi. Assistant Professor. Department of Nutrition Science. School of Health Science. CSJMU. What is kidney/renal failure?. M. eans one or both kidneys can no longer function well on their own. Sometimes, kidney failure is temporary (Acute) and . Notes about renal system:. 25 % of cardiac output goes to kidneys.. Kidney is a . multilobular. structure, composed of up to 18 lobules, each lobule composed of . nephrons. .. Each . nephron. has a . Acute Renal Failure. Definitions. Azotemia. - the accumulation of nitrogenous wastes. Uremia. - symptomatic renal failure. Oliguria. - urine output < 400-500 mL/24 hours. Anuria. - urine output < 100 mL/24 hours. The patient is a 41 year-old male who has a longstanding history of hypertension and diabetes and presents with a complaint of . pruritis. , lethargy, lower extremity edema, nausea and emesis. He denies any other medical illnesses.. by. Assistant lecturers. . Sadiq Salam H. AL-Salih. Hassanain Mohammed Khadim. Kareem . Waheed. Mohammed. Hussein Khadim Hussein . Al-. Mustaqbal. University College. Department of Nursing. 2. nd . DR WAQAR. MBBS, MRCP, Internal Med. (London). MRCP, Endo.& Diabetes( London). ASST. PROFESSOR. NORMAL FUNCTIONS. OF THE KIDNEYS. Excretion of wastes ( Urea, . creatinine. ) . Acid-base balance ( excretion of acids produced in the body). Presented by. Rama . Shukla. Assistant Professor. LNCP,BHOPAL.