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Kidney Failure
Kidney failure (or renal failure) may be temporary or permanent. When kidneys fail suddenly, it is called acute kidney failure, and in most cases is only temporary. Permanent, or chronic, renal failure usually progresses slowly and is the most common type of kidney damage requiring dialysis or kidney transplantation.
More information can also be found at Kidney Health Australia [Kidney Health Australia]
Reviewed September 2011
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| Title: | Media release. Reducing kidney disease in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders |
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| Publisher: | Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing |
| Description: | The Minister for Indigenous Health, Warren Snowdon, said a report released on 16 September illustrates why the Australian Government's investment in improving kidney health in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is so important. |
| Date: | Sep 2011 |
| Title: | Chronic kidney disease in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people |
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| Publisher: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
| Description: | This report presents the first detailed analysis of chronic kidney disease in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and how it compares to non-Indigenous Australians. Indigenous Australians have a greater burden of disease for many health conditions, and chronic kidney disease is no exception. |
| Date: | Sep 2011 |
| Title: | Hereditary nephritis - Alport Syndrome |
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| Publisher: | Kidney Health Australia |
| Description: | Information on hereditary nephritis or Alport Syndrome |
| Date: | Jul 2011 |
| Title: | Diabetes and kidney failure |
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| Publisher: | Better Health Channel |
| Description: | Diabetes mellitus is the most common single cause of kidney failure. There is no cure, but medical treatment can slow the progression of kidney disease. Options include medication, dialysis and transplantation. |
| Date: | Jun 2011 |
| Title: | End-stage kidney disease in Australia: total incidence, 2003-2007 |
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| Publisher: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
| Description: | The incidence of end-stage kidney disease is an important indicator of the health of the Australian population and valuable for healthcare planning. |
| Date: | Jun 2011 |
| Title: | Urate oxidase for the prevention and treatment of tumor lysis syndrome in children with cancer |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Tumor lysis syndrome occurs when uric acid and other cellular substances are rapidly released into the circulation when tumor cells are broken down spontaneously or during treatment. Uric acid has low solubility (does not dissolve easily), therefore it ... |
| Date: | Oct 2009 |
| Title: | Atrial natriuretic peptide for preventing and treating acute kidney injury |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a generic term for an abrupt and sustained decrease in kidney function resulting in retention of nitrogenous (urea and creatinine) and a fall in urine output. Sepsis (infection), shock, trauma, kidney stones, kidney infectio... |
| Date: | Aug 2009 |
| Title: | Acute or acute on chronic renal failure |
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| Publisher: | Department of Health Western Australia |
| Description: | Diagnostic imaging algorithm for patients with newly developed or acutely worsening renal failure. |
| Date: | May 2009 |
| Title: | Low protein diets for chronic kidney disease in non diabetic adults |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Kidney disease (nephropathy) can lead to kidney failure (end-stage kidney disease). A diet low in protein is sometimes recommended to try to slow the progression of kidney disease. Monitoring compliance with a protein-restricted diet is possible by dete... |
| Date: | Mar 2009 |
| Title: | Kidney disease - chronic renal failure |
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| Publisher: | Virtual Medical Centre.com |
| Description: | Information on the symptoms, treatment and diagnosis of kidney disease (chronic renal failure) by professional health specialists. |
| Date: | Nov 2008 |
| Title: | Renal failure - acute |
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| Publisher: | Virtual Medical Centre.com |
| Description: | Information on the symptoms, treatment and diagnosis of acute failure of the kidneys by professional health specialists. |
| Date: | Feb 2008 |
| Title: | Protein restriction for children with chronic kidney disease |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Low protein diet can delay kidney failure in adults with kidney disease, however a diet low in protein in children raises concern of poor growth. The review identified 2 studies (250 children) in children with kidney disease and found that a low protein... |
| Date: | Aug 2007 |
| Title: | Medicinal mishap - Interstitial nephritis associated with omeprazole |
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| Publisher: | Australian Prescriber |
| Description: | Case of a 62-year-old man with acute renal failure. |
| Date: | Jun 2007 |
| Title: | Acute renal transplant dysfunction |
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| Publisher: | Department of Health Western Australia |
| Description: | Diagnostic imaging algorithm for patients with acute renal transplant dysfunction following surgery. |
| Date: | May 2007 |
| Title: | Protein restriction for diabetic renal disease |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Based on 12 studies, including from eight to 160 people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes for at least an average four-month period, restricted protein intake appeared to slow progression of diabetic kidney disease, but not by much on average. However, in... |
| Date: | May 2006 |
| Title: | Growth hormone for children with chronic kidney disease |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | The kidneys filter blood. Children with chronic kidney disease (CKD) may progress to end-stage kidney failure and need their blood filtered by machine (dialysis) or need a kidney transplant. CKD can stunt growth in children. Growth hormone (rhGH) has be... |
| Date: | May 2006 |
| Title: | Target of rapamycin inhibitors (TOR-I; sirolimus and everolimus) for primary immunosuppression in kidney transplant recipients |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Kidney transplantation is the treatment of choice for most patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Strategies to increase donor organ availability and to prolong the transplanted kidney's survival have become priorities in kidney transplantation. ... |
| Date: | Feb 2006 |
| Title: | Hepatitis B vaccination for patients with chronic renal failure |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Patients with chronic renal failure are at increased risk of hepatitis B virus infections. This review was undertaken to determine the beneficial and harmful effects of vaccination against hepatitis B and of a reinforced recombinant vaccination series. ... |
| Date: | May 2004 |
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