Acute Renal Failure Research Paper

Acute Renal Failure Acute Renal Failure is the sudden loss of kidney’s ability to eliminate excess salts, fluids, and waste material from the blood. When the kidney loses the ability to filter, the body fluids can rise in dangerous levels. Acute renal failure can be reversible as long as it is treated on time. Medication and other treatments can be essential to stop the progress of this disease. If this is not treated on time, it can progress to an end stage and eventually death. Acute renal failure is one of the leading causes of death in US. “A sudden, serious drop in blood flow to the kidney. Heavy blood loss, an injury, dehydration, damage from some medicines, poisons, or infection, and a sudden blockage that stops urine form flowing out of the kidney, such as kidney stones, a tumor, and enlarge prostate can be the cause of acute renal failure” (WebMD). The pathophysiology of acute renal failure is categorized as prerenal, intrarenal, and postrenal. According to the article Acute Renal Failure in …show more content…
Computerized tomography (CT scan) and ultrasound helps doctors see patients’ kidneys. “Computerized tomography unites x-ray images and computer processing creating cross sectional pictures of soft tissue inside of a patients’ body” (Yarlaggada, 2006). A computerized tomography can examine a patient who has internal injuries. Kidney disease can often be detected using ultrasound which is a noninvasive kind of image testing. Taking a small piece of kidney tissue and testing it can also be used to diagnose acute renal failure. If necessary a patients’ doctor can recommend the patient a biopsy, “a procedure that requires a small piece of the patients’ kidney tissue to be removed for lab testing. The patients’ doctor will have to insert a small thin needle through the patients skin going into the kidney” (Rosdahl, C. (2011).