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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor-In-Chief: Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [2]; Aarti Narayan, M.B.B.S [3]

Synonyms and keywords: ARF; acute kidney failure; kidney failure, acute; renal failure, acute; uremia, acute

Acute Renal Failure Videos

v • d • e Organ failure
General	Heart failure · Respiratory failure · Liver failure (Acute liver failure) · Renal failure (Acute renal failure, Chronic renal failure )
Multiple	Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome

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Abdominal

Non-proliferative	.0 Minimal change · .1 Focal segmental · .2 Membranous
Proliferative	.3 Mesangial proliferative · .4 Endocapillary proliferative .5/.6 Membranoproliferative/mesangiocapillary · .7 Rapidly progressive/crescentic

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By condition

Proximal	RTA (RTA 2)
Thick ascending	Bartter syndrome
Distal convoluted	Gitelman syndrome
Collecting duct	Liddle's syndrome · RTA (RTA 1) · Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus
Renal papilla	Renal papillary necrosis
Major calyx/pelvis	Hydronephrosis · Pyonephrosis · Reflux nephropathy
Any/all	Acute tubular necrosis

Any/all

General syndromes	Renal failure (Acute renal failure, Chronic renal failure)
Vascular	Renal artery stenosis · Hypertensive nephropathy · Renovascular hypertension
Other	Analgesic nephropathy · Renal osteodystrophy · Nephroptosis · Abderhalden-Kaufmann-Lignac syndrome

Pelvic

Bladder	Cystitis (Interstitial cystitis, Trigonitis) · Neurogenic bladder · Vesicointestinal fistula · Vesicoureteral reflux
Urethra	Urethritis (Non-gonococcal urethritis) · Urethral syndrome · Urethral stricture

Any/all

See also congenital, neoplasia, symptoms/signs

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Organ system failure	Acute renal failure · Acute respiratory distress syndrome · Acute liver failure · Cardiogenic shock · Coma · Distributive shock · Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome · Polytrauma · Respiratory failure · Sepsis · Septic shock · Shock · Systemic inflammatory response syndrome
Complications	Critical illness polyneuropathy / myopathy · Critical illness–related corticosteroid insufficiency · Decubitus ulcers · Fungemia · Stress hyperglycemia · Stress ulcer
Iatrogenesis	Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus · Oxygen toxicity · Refeeding syndrome · Ventilator-associated lung injury · Ventilator-associated pneumonia