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    Uremia is the term for high levels of urea in the blood. Urea is one of the primary components of urine. It can be defined as an excess in the blood of...
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    appetite, and confusion. Complications of acute and chronic failure include uremia, hyperkalemia, and volume overload. Complications of chronic failure also...
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    leading to reduced urine output (oliguria) and retention of waste products (uremia). As a result, red blood cells may leak out of damaged glomeruli, causing...
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    of the normal, creatinine clearance is less than 10 mL per minute, and uremia is present. Dialysis is used as a temporary measure in either acute kidney...
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    Differential diagnosis Hyperosmolar nonketotic state, alcoholic ketoacidosis, uremia, salicylate toxicity Treatment Intravenous fluids, insulin, potassium Frequency...
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    deposits over the skin of patients with prolonged kidney failure and severe uremia. High blood urea level leads to high secretion of urea by sweat glands as...
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  • tension pneumothorax; hypoxic brain injury due to cardiac arrest U Underdose Uremia Insufficient dose of prescription medications Excess urea in the blood due...
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    the causes of increased anion gap metabolic acidosis. M — Methanol U — Uremia (chronic kidney failure) D — Diabetic ketoacidosis P — Paracetamol, Propylene...
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  • the central component of thyroid allostasis in critical illness, tumors, uremia and starvation (TACITUS). In addition, both illness and medication (e.g...
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    age of 64. His death certificate noted that his death was a result of "uremia; failure of kidneys, as a result of the infection and abscess". While the...
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  • Uremic fetor is a urine-like odor on the breath of people with uremia. The odor occurs from the smell of ammonia, which is created in the saliva as a breakdown...
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    complicated by other dialysis complications such as malignant hypertension, uremia, encephalopathy, subdural hemorrhage, hyper- and hypoglycaemia, or electrolyte...
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    later still to potential mercury poisoning, modern analyses indicate Brahe's death resulted from a fatal case of uremia caused by an inflamed prostate....
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    on a film with Clark Gable, and died before the film was completed, from uremia, at age 26 in June 1937. Powell received his third Academy Award nomination...
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    PMID 20393193. Ksiazek A, Załuska W (2008). "Sympathetic overactivity in uremia". Journal of Renal Nutrition. 18 (1): 118–121. doi:10.1053/j.jrn.2007.10...
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    time of his death, he suffered from dysentery, late-stage alcoholism, and uremia; he was in extreme pain and taking morphine and opium, both common over-the-counter...
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    occult infections may cause weight loss. Renal disease. Patients who have uremia often have poor or absent appetite, vomiting and nausea. This can cause...
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    provider uses sight, hearing, touch, and sometimes smell (e.g., in infection, uremia, diabetic ketoacidosis). Four actions are the basis of physical examination:...
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  • Rheumatoid arthritis Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) Chronic kidney failure / Uremia Juvenile idiopathic arthritis Inflammatory bowel disease (especially Crohn's...
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    commonly used to treat nausea and vomiting associated with conditions such as uremia, radiation sickness, cancer and the effects of chemotherapy, labor, infection...
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  • insufficient or dysfunctional filtering of blood by the kidneys. It can lead to uremia and acute kidney injury (kidney failure) if not controlled. Azotemia has...
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  • Nephritis Nephrosis Renal failure Acute renal failure Chronic kidney disease Uremia Other Analgesic nephropathy Renal osteodystrophy Nephroptosis Abderhalden–Kaufmann–Lignac...
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    the darker areas of surviving medullary tissue. The patient died with acute kidney injury. Specialty Nephrology, urology  Complications Uremia, death...
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  • deposits over the skin of patients with prolonged kidney failure and severe uremia. Urea was first noticed by Herman Boerhaave in the early 18th century from...
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    Meiji, suffering from diabetes, nephritis, and gastroenteritis, died of uremia. Although the official announcement said he died at 00:42 on 30 July 1912...
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    for the Nobel award in Peace. Sri Aurobindo died on 5 December 1950, of uremia. Around 60,000 people attended to see his body resting peacefully. Indian...
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  • cause a serious medical condition called uremia, which is a high level of urea in blood. Symptoms of uremia include nausea, vomiting, fatigue, anorexia...
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    collagen can indicate intrinsic defects such as von Willebrand disease, uremia, or circulating platelet inhibitors. The follow-up test involving collagen...
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    prostate cancer, which led to urinary retention, overflow incontinence, and uremia. Investigations in the 1990s suggested that Tycho may not have died from...
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    cadaverous infection. Other supposed causes included conception and pregnancy, uremia, pressure exerted on adjacent organs by the shrinking uterus, emotional...
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