Kidney failure
Symptoms
Related diseases
Kidney failure occurs when the kidneys cannot filter blood from toxic metabolic waste products. It can be acute or chronic. To assess the stage of kidney failure, measure how quickly the kidneys filter blood.
Source | Author Doctor Nikas Samuolis, reviewed by Prof. Virginijus Šapoka | Vilnius University | Faculty of Medicine | Head of the Department of Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, and Oncology