Definition of Acute renal failure

1. Noun. Renal failure associated with burns or other trauma or with acute infection or obstruction of the urinary tract.

Exact synonyms: Acute Kidney Failure
Generic synonyms: Kidney Failure, Renal Failure

Medical Definition of Acute renal failure

1. A sudden decline in renal function may be triggered by a number of acute disease processes. Examples include sepsis (infection), shock, trauma, kidney stones, kidney infection, drug toxicity (aspirin or lithium), poisons or toxins (drug abuse) or after injection with an iodinated contrast dye (adverse effect). Chronic renal failure represents a slow decline in kidney function over time. Chronic renal failure may be caused by a number of disorders which include long-standing hypertension, diabetes, congestive heart failure, lupus or sickle cell anaemia. Both forms of renal failure result in a life-threatening metabolic derangement. (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Acute Renal Failure

acute nephrosis
acute non-lymphocytic leukaemia
acute organic brain syndrome
acute pancreatitis
acute parenchymatous hepatitis
acute porphyria
acute post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis
acute primary haemorrhagic meningoencephalitis
acute promyelocytic leukaemia
acute pulmonary alveolitis
acute pulmonary eosinophilia
acute pyelonephritis
acute radiation syndrome
acute reflex bone atrophy
acute rejection
acute renal failure (current term)
acute respiratory failure
acute rheumatic arthritis
acute rhinitis
acute rickets
acute schizophrenia
acute schizophrenic episode
acute sedge
acute situational reaction
acute spinal cord compression
acute splenic tumour
acute stress reaction
acute toxicity
acute transverse myelitis

Literary usage of Acute renal failure

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. 5th Report Of The Joint National Committee On Detection, Evaluation, And by DIANE Publishing Company (2004)
"... can cause reversible, acute renal failure in patients with bilateral renal arterial stenosis or unilateral stenosis in a solitary kidney and in patients ..."

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