Uremic syndrome

Uremic syndrome (the older name of uremia) arises as a result of the accumulation of nitrogenous substances in the body and disturbances in the water and electrolyte balance in acute or chronic kidney failure. Extrarenal manifestations:


 * gastrointestinal (nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, Treitz's colitis, pseudoperitonitis);
 * respiratory (acidotic respiration);
 * nervous (disorders of consciousness, convulsions, encephalopathy, paresthesia);
 * cardiac (uraemic pericarditis);
 * skin (pruritus, bleeding manifestations).

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