uremia
Sign in to saveUremia is the condition of having 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 amino acid and protein metabolism end products, such as urea and creatinine, which would normally be excreted in the urine. Uremic syndrome can be defined as the terminal clinical manifestation of kidney failure (also called renal failure). It is the signs, symptoms and results from laboratory tests which result from inadequate excretory, regulatory, and endocrine function of the kidneys. Both uremia and uremic syndrome have been use
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- Uremic frost present on the forehead and scalp of a young male who presented with complaints of anorexia and fatigue, with blood urea nitrogen and serum creatinine levels of approximately 100 and 50 mg/dL respectively.
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Research
31,950 papers- Uremia, atherothrombosis and malnutrition: the role of L-arginine-nitric oxide pathway.Cardiovascular & hematological disorders drug targets · 2006
- Disorders of left ventricular structure and function in chronic uremia: how often, why and what to do with it?European journal of heart failure · 1999
- Uraemia.Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England · 1951
- Uraemic autonomic neuropathy.Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Sklodowska. Sectio D: Medicina · 1996
- Protein metabolism in uraemia.Nephron · 1975
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Article
17 sectionsContents
- Signs and symptoms
- Residual syndrome
- Causes
- Diagnosis
- Blood tests
- Urine tests
- Radioisotope tests
- Other
- Mechanism
- Uremic toxins
- Biochemical characteristics
- History
- Oral manifestations
- Dental considerations
- Notes
- References
- External links
Uremia is the condition of having 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 amino acid and protein metabolism end products, such as urea and creatinine, which would normally be excreted in the urine. Uremic syndrome can be defined as the terminal clinical manifestation of kidney failure (also called renal failure). It is the signs, symptoms and results from laboratory tests which result from inadequate excretory, regulatory, and endocrine function of the kidneys. Both uremia and uremic syndrome have been used interchangeably to denote a very high plasma urea concentration that is the result of renal failure. The former denotation will be used for the rest of the article.
Azotemia is a similar, less severe condition with high levels of urea, where the abnormality can be measured chemically but is not yet so severe as to produce symptoms. Uremia describes the pathological and symptomatic manifestations of severe azotemia.