General therapeutic considerations in patients with acute renal failure

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education;  July 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......considerations in patients with acute renal failure that has not responded to preliminary...consequences, and prevention of acute renal failure are briefly discussed followed by a...medications in patients with acute renal failure, which is beyond the scope of this...

Acute renal failure in pregnancy: A review of clinical outcomes at an...

Journal of the National Medical Association;  August 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ...Acute renal failure is a serious complication of pregnancy...the overall incidence of acute renal failure in pregnancy has decreased in Western...countries, the incidence of acute renal failure in pregnancy has remained high...

Acute Renal Failure.

American Family Physician;  April 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ...Acute renal failure occurs in 5 percent of hospitalized patients...postrenal. Most patients have prerenal acute renal failure or acute tubular necrosis (a type of intrinsic acute renal failure that is usually caused by ischemia or toxins...

Renal failure and hypercalcemia as initial manifestations of...

Southern Medical Journal;  June 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......sarcoidosis may present with both renal failure and hypercalcemia. A 27-year-old black...presented with severe abdominal pain and renal failure. A kidney biopsy demonstrated features...of steroids led to a recurrence of renal failure and severe hypercalcemia. On the basis...

Renal failure a serious condition

Post-Tribune (IN);  October 16, 2001 ;     323 words ......tests indicate that Raider has chronic renal failure. What is it and how did my dog get...detection of an underlying disease. Renal failure is the inability of the kidney to maintain...fluids and controlling blood pressure. Renal failure might be congenital (present at the...

Paraphenylene diamine-induced acute renal failure: Prevention is the key

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine;  January 1, 2008 ;     444 words ......almost immediately after consumption, renal failure could not be pre-empted. The authors...treatment of rhabdomyolysis can prevent renal failure and the need for dialysis. This is...diuresis. This strategy may prevent renal failure in most patients, infact, investigators...

Value of captopril renal scintigraphy in hypertensive patients with renal...

The Journal of Nuclear Medicine;  March 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......cause in hypertensive patients with renal failure and to assess the ability to predict...Methods: Thirty-eight patients with renal failure (mean glomerular filtration rate...patients with a renovascular cause for renal failure, and 2 of 3 patients with a probable...

Facts of renal failure.(News)

Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England);  October 11, 2004 ;     140 words ...* renal failure is where the kidneys are less able...wastes and excess water. * Chronic renal failure is usually caused by kidneys getting...infection or inflammation. * Chronic renal failure usually leads to end-stage renal...

New kidney-restoring therapy in sight. (protein insulin-like growth...

Science News;  November 28, 1992 ;     477 words ......regenerate damaged tissues. So when acute renal failure strikes - from temporary loss of blood...therapy is not always successful: Acute renal failure - a common complication of illness...the first active therapy for acute renal failure. Such treatment would accelerate the...

No kidding about kidneys: Chronic renal failure a threat to cats and dogs

Oakland Tribune;  December 6, 2003 ;     562 words ......improve the quality of the animal's life. Renal failure happens when kidney function has deteriorated...hormones. It occurs in two forms: acute renal failure is a recent condition that possibly can be reversed; in contrast, chronic renal failure has been present for months to years...

Management of acute renal failure.

American Family Physician;  November 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Acute renal failure is present in 1 to 5 percent of...percent of cases. The cause of acute renal failure usually can be identified through...acetylcysteine for the prevention of acute renal failure in patients undergoing various procedures...

Helping patients that have acute renal failure

Veterinary Medicine;  June 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......administer appropriate treatment. ACUTE RENAL FAILURE is an abrupt decline in renal function...postrenal disease can lead to acute renal failure. The kidneys are prone to both toxic...Phases There are three phases of acute renal failure: initiation, maintenance, and recovery...

Prognosis of Acute Renal Failure in the Elderly Patient.

American Family Physician;  November 1, 1998 ;     463 words ......discriminating factor in treating acute renal failure in patients 80 years of age or older...patients who were treated for acute renal failure at one of 13 hospitals during a nine-mon...information, etiology of the acute renal failure, medications, serum creatinine levels...

Chronic renal failure: What's next step?

DVM;  November 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......cat was diagnosed as being in chronic renal failure. Owners have opted to try subcutaneous...management My clinical diagnosis is chronic renal failure, specifically chronic pyelonephritis...the case management of the chronic renal failure and/or surgical removal of the left...

Creative Biomolecules' OP-1 Protects Against Kidney Damage in Models of...

PR Newswire;  November 4, 1996 ;     700+ words ......rodent models of acute and chronic renal failure. Additional studies presented by Creative...preventing the damage caused by acute renal failure, said Joseph V. Bonventre, M.D., Ph...with OP-1 administration. In a chronic renal failure model, the results of our studies suggest...