Nephrology and Renal Care

Acute Kidney Failure

The sudden dysfunction of kidneys where they cannot filter waste from the blood is called acute kidney failure. Kidney failure develops rapidly in a few hours or days and maybe fatal. Symptoms are swelling due to fluid retention, decreased urinary output, and shortness of breath, fatigue, and nausea. Acute kidney failure can occur when patients have experienced direct damage to the kidneys, when you have a condition that slows down blood flow to the kidneys and when kidneys urine drainage tubes (ureters) become blocked and the waste cannot leave your body through urine. Risk factors are often observed in connection with other medical conditions like liver diseases, heart failure, certain cancers, and their treatments, being hospitalized for a serious condition that required intensive care.

Related associations and societies: American Society of Transplantation (AST), International Society of Nephrology (ISN), American Society of Nephrology (ASN), UK Kidney Association (UKKA), Canadian Society of Nephrology (CSN), Hong Kong Society of Nephrology (HKSN), Saudi Society of Nephrology and Transplantation (SSN&T), Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology (ANZSN), Malaysian Society of Nephrology (MSN), National Kidney Foundation (NKF), California Dialysis Council (CDC), International Society for Hemodialysis (ISHD)