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2. Lab Test Predicts Acute Kidney Injury in ICU Patients - US News and World Report
Marker in urine could help spot those with elevated risk, study shows
3. Monitoring Hormone May Improve Kidney Failure Outcomes - US News and World Report
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Monitoring levels of a hormone called fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF-23) may help improve treatment of kidney failure patients, say Massachusetts General Hospital researchers.
4. Acute kidney failure
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Acute (sudden) kidney failure is the sudden loss of the ability of the kidneys to remove waste and concentrate urine without losing electrolytes. • Reviewer: Parul Patel, MD, Private Practice specializing in Nephrology and Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation, Affiliated with California Pacific Medical Center, Department of Transplantation, San Francisco, CA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
5. Acute Kidney Failure
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Acute kidney failure occurs when illness, infection, or injury damages the kidneys. Temporarily, the kidneys cannot adequately remove fluids and wastes from the body or maintain the proper level of certain kidney-regulated chemicals in the bloodstre...• Author: Paula Anne Ford-Martin Expand your search to include all of U.S. News
6. Acute Renal Failure -- AOL Medical Encyclopedia
When your kidneys stop working, waste products, fluids, and electrolytes build up in your body. Acute renal failure has three main causes: A sudden serious ... http://body.aol.com/conditions/acute-renal-failure
7. Kidney Failure -- Information from the Merck Manual
Although kidney failure can affect people of all ages, both acute and chronic kidney failure are more common in older than in younger people. Kidney (renal) failure is the inability of the kidneys to adequately filter metabolic waste products... http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec11/ch143/ch143a.html#sec11-ch143-ch143a-94
8. Kidney Transplant - acute kidney failure -- EMedicineHealth Consumer Information
Another name for kidney is "renal," and another name for kidney failure is renal failure. Acute kidney failure happens rapidly. Acute kidney failure occurs in about 5% of people who are hospitalized for any reason. http://www.emedicinehealth.com/articles/11868-1.asp |
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