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Acute Kidney Failure Symptoms

Health Encyclopedia: Injury Kidney And Ureter

Alternative Names

Kidney damage; Toxic injury of the kidney; Kidney injury; Traumatic injury of the kidney; Fractured kidney; Inflammatory injury of the kidney; Bruised kidney; Ureteral injury

Treatment

Treatment goals include treatment of emergency symptoms and prevention or treatment of complications.

Analgesics may be needed for pain relief. Hospitalization and close observation may be required because of the risk of internal loss of blood from a traumatically injured k...

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Health Guide

Prerenal azotemia

...volume or blood pressure should be identified and treated as appropriate. If other symptoms of acute renal failure are present, treatment for it should continue, including medications,... Read more »

Hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS)

...recover, and the outcome is better in children. Complications Chronic or relapsing HUS Acute kidney failure Chronic kidney failure Uremia (symptoms... Read more »

Acute kidney failure

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Congestive Heart Failure Complications

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