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Pathophysiology/Acute Renal Injury and Chronic Kidney Disease

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Substance is secreted from juxtaglomerular renal cells.
As kidney is slowly destroyed, these remaining anatomical structures may become larger, and increase in function as a means of compensation.
Class of antibiotics known to be nephrotoxic.
Abbreviation for erythropoietin.
Damage to the liver can affect the metabolism of this renal related product.
Term means "urine in the blood".
Tortuous tubule receiving filtrate from Bowman's capsule.
Abbreviation for Intravenous Pyelography.
This percentage of nephrons need to be non functional before symptoms of CRF occur.
Cytokine biomarker produced in proximal tubule, known to increase in ischemic acute kidney injury. General name.
This form of diabetes with strong association to renal failure.
Most common indicator of acute kidney injury; accumulation of nitrogenous wastes.
Presence of light chains seen in this disease, known to be damaging to kidneys.
This protein condition observed in the urine, serves as an important parameter for measuring nephron injury and repair.
This failure, is the most common form of acute renal failure; decrease in renal blood flow.
This condition is confirmed usually as kidney damage or a GFR of less than 60mL/min for 3 months or longer. Abbreviation.
Substance produced by the metabolism of creatine and excreted in urine.
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Name of condition, urine color change, seen in rhabdomyolysis.
Prefix signifying renal or kidney.
CNS condition seen in uremic patients; Uremic ___________.
These substances have a vasodilatory effect on renal blood vessels. NSAIDs can negatively affect them.
Renal ______________, or also called CKD-Mineral Bone Disorder.
Absence of urine produced, 50mL or less.
Sudden reduction in blood flow to kidney is called this, renal ____________.
Kidneys are primary site for production of this hormone; fibroblast cells.
This cardiac condition occurs in many people with stage 5 CKD due to the uremia and prolonged dialysis.
This type of renal failure can occur from obstruction of urine outflow.
Calcitriol is known to have a direct suppressive effect on the production of this hormone.
Also known as benign familial hematuria. Thin ____________ membrane disease.
Of the three phases of acute tubular injury, this phase is given by a marked decrease in the GFR.
Name of abdominal dialysis.
If kidneys cannot adequately remove urea levels, this blood parameter rises. Abbreviation.
As renal blood flow decreases, this also will decrease. Abbreviation.