Acute kidney failure: Sudden failure of the kidneys. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Acute kidney failure is available below.
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A clinical syndrome characterized by a sudden decrease in glomerular filtration rate, often to values of less than 1 to 2 ml per minute. It is usually associated with oliguria (urine volumes of less than 400 ml per day) and is always associated with biochemical consequences of the reduction in glomerular filtration rate such as a rise in blood urea nitrogen (BUN) and serum creatinine concentrations. - (Source - Diseases Database)
Renal failure associated with burns or other trauma or with acute infection or obstruction of the urinary tract - (Source - WordNet 2.1)
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