Urol. praxi. 2024;25(2):77-87 | DOI: 10.36290/uro.2024.035

Acute and chronic renal failure

doc. MUDr. Nadežda Petejová, Ph.D., MSc.^{1, 2, 3}, prof. MUDr. Josef Zadražil, CSc.^{3, 4}, doc. MUDr. Arnošt Martínek, CSc.^{1, 2}

¹ Interní a kardiologická klinika FN Ostrava

² Lékařská fakulta Ostravské univerzity

³ III. interní klinika - nefrologická, revmatologická a endokrinologická LF UP, Olomouc

⁴ III. interní klinika - nefrologická, revmatologická a endokrinologická FN Olomouc

Kidney injury and failure is generally a serious condition in clinical medicine, occurring in almost all fields, including urology. A relatively crucial step in adequate preventive and therapeutic management is early differentiation between acute and chronic renal failure. Each of them requires a different approach but also shares many common features. The present manuscript provides a brief overview of differential diagnostics between the two conditions and basic principles of treatment.

Keywords: acute kidney injury, differential diagnostics, chronic kidney disease.

Accepted: May 31, 2024; Published: June 20, 2024  Show citation