Chronic renal failure

Chronic renal failure is a topic covered in the Diagnosaurus.

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Etiology

GlomerulopathiesPrimary glomerular diseases

IgA nephropathy
Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis
Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis
Membranous nephropathy

Secondary glomerular diseases

Diabetic nephropathy (very common)
Hypertensive nephropathy
Amyloidosis
Postinfectious glomerulonephritis
HIV-associated nephropathy
Collagen vascular diseases, eg, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
Sickle cell nephropathy

Tubulointerstitial nephritis

Drug hypersensitivity
Heavy metals
Analgesic nephropathy
Vesicoureteral reflux
Idiopathic

Obstructive uropathy

Prostatic disease
Urinary calculi
Retroperitoneal fibrosis or tumor

Vascular diseases

Hypertensive nephrosclerosis (very common)
Renal artery stenosis including fibromuscular dysplasia

Hereditary diseases

Polycystic kidney disease
Medullary cystic kidney disease
Alport’s syndrome

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Last updated: December 1, 2014

Citation

Zeiger, Roni F.. "Chronic Renal Failure." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2014. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114960/all/Chronic_renal_failure.

Zeiger RF. Chronic renal failure. Diagnosaurus. 4th ed. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114960/all/Chronic_renal_failure. Accessed January 20, 2019.

Zeiger, R. F. (2014). Chronic renal failure. In Diagnosaurus. Available from https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114960/all/Chronic_renal_failure

Zeiger RF. Chronic Renal Failure [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. [cited 2019 January 20]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114960/all/Chronic_renal_failure

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