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Is acute renal failure considered to be a clinical emergency?
yes
Which sudden onset condition is characterized by uremia?
ACute Renal Failure (ARF)
Is cancer an acute disease?
Cancer is a chronic disease, but may have an acute clinical presentation
What is the use of the acute nephritis?
Acute nephritis basically is another term for acute renal failure, or ARF. Some cases of kidney stones can lead to acute renal failure, until the stone is passed or extracted.
Is an appendicitis an emergency?
Acute appendicitis is most common acute abdominal emergency.
What acute means?
Acute means "now", "immediate", "current". Acute is often found as a description of a medical problem. For example, "The patient was admitted for acute renal failure." If the condition is not acute, it it chronic. For example, "The patient received a diagnosis of chronic renal failure."
What is respiratory decompensation?
acute respiratory failure.
What is the difference between acute renal failure and chronic renal failure?
The difference between acute renal (kidney) failure and chronic kidney failure, is that acute is a sudden onset. Something like a medical condition, trama, or surgery can cause the failure within days or even hrs. Chrinic kidney failure is slow damage to the kidney over a few years, resulting in the kidneys not being able to filter blood properly.
What does hypercarbic respiratory failure?
Acute respiratory failure with high carbon dioxide levels
Can acute renal failure renal insufficiency cause a positive for cocaine on drug test?
ARF (acute renal failure) can NOT cause a positive for cocaine on a drug test.
What is an acute stroke?
An acute stroke refers to the sudden neurologic deficit of presumed vascular origin. The acute stroke is a clinical syndrome rather than a single disease.
Why do people get dialysis treatment?
because acute kidney failure
