In kidney failure the kidneys lose their ability to filter enough waste products from the blood and to regulate the body's balance of salt and water. Eventually, the kidneys slow their production of urine or stop producing it completely. Waste products and water accumulate in the body. This can lead to a potentially life-threatening overload of fluids (such as congestive heart failure), a dangerous accumulation of waste products in the blood and extreme changes in blood chemistry...
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Heart bypass surgery creates a new route, called a bypass, for blood and oxygen to reach your heart. See also: Heart bypass surgery -... Read more »
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Heart failure is classified into four stages (Stage A through Stage D) that reflect the development and progression of the condition. Treatment... Read more »
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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... Read more »
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Kidney failure; Renal failure; Renal failure - acute; ARF; Kidney injury - acuteTreatmentOnce the cause is found, the goal of treatment is to restore... Read more »
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This is an operation in which cardiac surgeons remove part of the blood vessel (graft) from somewhere else in the body, and attach it to a narrowed... Read more »