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Acute Kidney Failure (cont.)

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renal failure, acute renal failure, ARF, primary acute renal failure, chronic renal failure, CRF, acute interstitial nephritis, acute tubular necrosis, azotemia, dialysis, glomerulonephritis, hemodialysis, obstructive renal failure, renal insufficiency, kidneys, acute kidney failure, diabetes

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Acute renal failure (ARF) or acute kidney injury (AKI), as it is now referred to in the literature, is defined as an abrupt or rapid decline in renal filtration function.

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