Renal failure is the condition where the kidneys fail to function properly. It can broadly be divided into two categories: acute renal failure and chronic renal failure. *Acute renal failure is, as the name implies, a rapidly progressive loss of renal function, generally characterised by oliguria (decreased urine production, quantified as less than 400 to 500 mL/day in adults, less than 0.5 mL/kg/h in children or less than 1 mL/kg/h in infants), body fluid disturbances and electrolyte derangement. An underlying cause must be identified to arrest the progress, and dialysis may be necessary to bridge the time gap required for treating these underlying causes. *Chronic renal failure develops slowly and gives few symptoms initially. It can be the complication of a large number of kidney diseases, such as IgA nephritis, glomerulonephritis, chronic pyelonephritis and urinary retention. End-stage renal failure (ESRF) is the ultimate consequence, in which case dialysis is generally required while a donor for Organ transplantation is found. Nephrology Organ failure
== Split? == This page deserves to become a disambig with seperate pages dealing with acute renal failure and chronic renal failure. They are so different that they can't possibly be dealt with in ''one'' article! User:Jfdwolff | User_talk:Jfdwolff 10:51, 12 May 2004 (UTC)
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Renal failure is the condition where the kidneys fail to function properly. It can broadly be divided into two categories: acute renal failure and chronic renal failure. *Acute renal failure is, as the name implies, a rapidly progressive loss of renal function, generally characterised by oliguria (decreased urine production, quantified as less than 400 to 500 mL/day in adults, less than 0.5 mL/kg/h in children or less than 1 mL/kg/h in infants), body fluid disturbances and electrolyte derangement. An underlying cause must be identified to arrest the progress, and dialysis may be necessary to bridge the time gap required for treating these underlying causes. *Chronic renal failure develops slowly and gives few symptoms initially. It can be the complication of a large number of kidney diseases, such as IgA nephritis, glomerulonephritis, chronic pyelonephritis and urinary retention. End-stage renal failure (ESRF) is the ultimate consequence, in which case dialysis is generally required while a donor for Organ transplantation is found. Nephrology Organ failure
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== Split? == This page deserves to become a disambig with seperate pages dealing with acute renal failure and chronic renal failure. They are so different that they can't possibly be dealt with in ''one'' article! User:Jfdwolff | User_talk:Jfdwolff 10:51, 12 May 2004 (UTC)
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