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Which sudden onset condition is characterized by uremia?
ACute Renal Failure (ARF)
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.
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.
Is acute renal failure considered to be a clinical emergency?
yes
Acute renal failure has sudden onset and is characterized by?
uremia
Why do people get dialysis treatment?
because acute kidney failure
Can you code acute renal failure and end stage renal failure on the same encounter?
no, it cant. has to be either or
What is acute peripheral circulatory failure?
Sudden failure of the circulatory system in the limbs or a limb often resulting in gangrene and subsequent organ failure.
