What Is Renal Failure?
Health Encyclopedia: Acute Kidney Failure
Kidney failure; Renal failure; Renal failure - acute; ARF
Prevention
Treating disorders such as high blood pressure can help prevent acute kidney failure. Unfortunately, prevention is not always possible.
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Expert & Community Posts
Cholesterol and Your Kidneys: A Fatal Connection
By Dr. Kang , Health ExpertChronic kidney disease in itself has been found to be an independent predictor for the development... Read more »
Healthcare Reform: Whatever Happened to Access to Affordable, Quality Care?
By Beth McNamara , Health Expert...that they needed now, when they need it, the rate of kidney failure would be cut in half later,... Read more »
Is Fleet Phosphosoda Safe?
By Todd Eisner , Health Expert...Phospho-Soda not be used in patients with diabetes, kidney problems or congestive heart failure.... Read more »
Treating Kidney Disease
By David Mendosa , Health ExpertWhen we have healthy kidneys, little or no protein appears in the urine. But protein in the urine... Read more »
Are There Signs That I Have Prostate Cancer?
By Marc Greenstein , Health Expert...obstruct the ureters, the tubes that connect the kidneys to the bladder. If this happens, a man... Read more »
Health Guide
Renal
The term "renal" refers to the kidney. For example, renal failure means kidney failure. Related topics: Kidney disease Kidney disease - diet ... Read more »End-stage kidney disease
Renal failure - end stage; Kidney failure - end stage; ESRD Prevention Treatment of chronic kidney failure may delay or prevent progression to... Read more »Chronic renal failure
Kidney failure - chronic; Renal failure - chronic; Chronic renal insufficiency; CRF; Chronic kidney failure Prevention Treatment of the underlying... Read more »Acute kidney failure
Kidney failure; Renal failure; Renal failure - acute; ARF Treatment Once the cause is found, the goal of treatment is to restore kidney function and prevent fluid... Read more »Chronic renal failure
Chronic renal failure is a gradual and progressive loss of the ability of the kidneys to excrete wastes, concentrate urine, and conserve electrolytes. Alternative Names ... Read more »Images
Medications
...diseases. It is used to treat a certain type of kidney disease in children after other... Read more »
...pressure helps prevent strokes, heart attacks, and kidney problems. This medication also reduces... Read more »
...pressure helps prevent strokes, heart attacks, and kidney problems. This medication also reduces... Read more »
...pressure (hypertension) and to help protect the kidneys from damage due to diabetes. ... Read more »
...pressure (hypertension) and to help protect the kidneys from damage due to diabetes. It ... Read more »
Related News
Hormone Level Key for Dialysis Patients
August 07, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Monitoring a hormone level in dialysis patients could help doctors determine which patients with kidney failure are at risk for... Read summary »
Dialysis at Home
October 25, 2006INDIANAPOLIS (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- Teaching fourth grade -- and tutoring at home -- is a full-time job for Chris Dowling. But that, along with... Read summary »
Hypertension Traced to Childhood
June 20, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) Researchers believe high blood pressure can be traced back to a person's childhood. Analyses of blood pressure tracking studies... Read summary »
Genes Predict Kidney Disease?
May 18, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire)-- A new study reveals three genes that contain common mutations may put some people at a higher risk for kidney disease. More than... Read summary »
Hope for Dialysis Patients
August 11, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Many patients awaiting a kidney transplant find themselves on dialysis for years. About one-third of kidney failure patients... Read summary »
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