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Bookmark or Share- Acute Kidney Injury: Definition, Pathophysiology and Clinical ...Post-renal AKI occurs after acute obstruction of the urinary flow, which increases intra-tubular pressure and thus decreases GFR. 63 In addition, acute urinary tract obstruction can lead to impaired renal blood flow and inflammatory processes that also contribute to diminished GFR. 64 Post-renal AKI can develop if the obstruction is located at ...
- Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Genitourinary Disorders - MSD Manual ...In all cases of acute kidney injury (AKI), creatinine and urea build up in the blood over several days, and fluid and electrolyte disorders develop. The most serious of these disorders are hyperkalemia and fluid overload (possibly causing pulmonary edema). Phosphate retention leads to hyperphosphatemia. Hypocalcemia is thought to occur because the impaired kidney no longer produces calcitriol ...
- Acute kidney injury - Symptoms and causes - Mayo ClinicAcute kidney injury happens when the kidneys suddenly can't filter waste products from the blood. When the kidneys can't filter wastes, harmful levels of wastes may build up. The blood's chemical makeup may get out of balance. Acute kidney injury used to be called acute kidney failure.
- AKIN Classification for Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - MDCalcClassifies severity of acute kidney injury, similar to RIFLE Criteria. Patients on renal replacement therapy (RRT) are considered to be stage 3 regardless of whether they meet formal criteria. Criteria for AKI (must have ≥1 within the past 48 hrs)
- Acute Kidney Injury: Diagnosis and Management | AAFPAcute kidney injury is a clinical syndrome characterized by a rapid decline in glomerular filtration rate and resultant accumulation of metabolic waste products. Acute kidney injury is...
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