Uraemia

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• Synonyms

  • Azotaemia
  • High Blood Urea Nitrogen
  • High BUN
  • Raised Urea & Creatinine

• Causes

  • Renal failure
  • Chronic renal failure
  • High protein diet
  • Catabolic state
  • Acute nephritic syndrome

• Effects

  • Nausea and vomiting
  • Malaise
  • Pruritus
  • Uraemic frost
  • Pericarditis
  • Uraemic encephalopathy
  • Platelet dysfunction
  • Normocytic anaemia
  • Acute gastritis
  • Diarrhoea
  • Hypocalcaemia
  • Metabolic bone disease
  • Metabolic neuropathy
  • Impaired concentrating ability
  • Impotence
  • Restless legs syndrome
  • Bilateral parotid swelling
  • Secondary hyperlipidaemia
  • Serositis
  • Generalised hyperpigmentation

• Parents

  • Precipitant of hepatic encephalopathy
  • Biochemical investigation

• Children

  • High plasma urea
  • Elevated plasma creatinine