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Prerenal renal failure

MedGen UID:
846328
•Concept ID:
C3854173
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Disease or Syndrome
Synonym: Pre-renal acute kidney injury
SNOMED CT: Prerenal renal failure (129561000119108); Pre-renal acute kidney injury (129561000119108)

Definition

Pre-renal acute kidney injury (AKI), occurs when a sudden reduction in blood flow to the kidney (renal hypoperfusion) causes a loss of kidney function. In pre-renal acute kidney injury, there is nothing wrong with the kidney itself. [from SNOMEDCT_US]

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PubMed

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Diagnosis

McKittrick-Wheelock syndrome: acute renal failure by a colorectal adenoma. A case study.
Vercauteren C, Van de Putte, Pattyn P
Acta Chir Belg 2012 May-Jun;112(3):226-8. PMID: 22808764
Four cases of postrenal renal failure induced by renal stone associated with rotavirus infection.
Morita T, Ashida A, Fujieda M, Hayashi A, Maeda A, Ohta K, Shimizu M, Sekine T, Igarashi T, Tamai H, Wakiguchi H
Clin Nephrol 2010 May;73(5):398-402. doi: 10.5414/cnp73398. PMID: 20420802
A phase-II trial of recombinant interleukin-2 and 5-FU chemotherapy in patients with metastatic colorectal carcinoma.
Hamblin TJ, Inzani V, Sadullah S, Stevenson FK, Williamson P, van der Plas J, Palmer P, Franks CR
Cancer Treat Rev 1989 Jun;16 Suppl A:163-7. doi: 10.1016/0305-7372(89)90037-6. PMID: 2670212

Therapy

Severe hypocalcemia secondary to hypomagnesaemia, successfully treated by self-administered subcutaneous magnesium.
Alfaro Martínez JJ, Botella Romero F, Lamas Oliveira C, Hernández López A
Nutr Hosp 2009 May-Jun;24(3):354-6. PMID: 19721910
A phase-II trial of recombinant interleukin-2 and 5-FU chemotherapy in patients with metastatic colorectal carcinoma.
Hamblin TJ, Inzani V, Sadullah S, Stevenson FK, Williamson P, van der Plas J, Palmer P, Franks CR
Cancer Treat Rev 1989 Jun;16 Suppl A:163-7. doi: 10.1016/0305-7372(89)90037-6. PMID: 2670212

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