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What is the prognosis for a patient with nephrotoxic injury?
The outcome of nephrotoxic injury is determined by the cause and severity of the damage. In cases where damage has not progressed beyond acute renal failure, kidney function can be fully restored once the toxin is removed from.
What is the difference between acute and overuse injuries?
acute injury = immediate effect, often easy to accurately relate cause of effect. overuse injury = due to increase frequency, difficult to accurately relate cause of effect
What can cause proximal renal tubular acidosis to develop?
vitamin D deficiency, kidney transplantation, heavy metal poisoning, and treatment with certain drugs.
What is acute loading?
Application of a single force of sufficient magnitude to cause injury to a biological tissue
What would cause metabolic alkalosis to slide into metabolic acidosis?
respiratory alkalosis would cause metabolic acidosis
Does acidosis cause hypernatremia?
yes
Does dieting cause acidosis?
yes, it does
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 happens to an injured kidney?
Depending on the injury and what is the cause, a kidney might not be able to function correctly, or to function at all. There are two kidneys in a normal body, and the surviving kidney is capable in functioning alone.Depends entirely on how big/bad the injury is. Can be anything from the kidney having to be removed to sometemporary bruising/bleeding that heals of it own.
What will happen to the organism if the kidney will injured?
It depends on how serious the injury is. It could cause sickness, stress, and if the damage is severe, it could cause death.
What will happen to the organism if the kidney injured?
It depends on how serious the injury is. It could cause sickness, stress, and if the damage is severe, it could cause death.
How is the cause of acute kidney failure determined?
X rays, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computed tomography scan (CT), ultrasound, renal biopsy, and/or arteriogram of the kidneys may be used to determine the cause of kidney failure
