Azotemia
As azotemia - by . Greek azoton ( nitrogen ) and haima ( blood ) - refers to the abnormal proliferation of nitrogen-containing end products of protein metabolism ( balance nitrogen ) in the blood. Mainly this is an increase in urea and creatinine , but uric acid , phenols , guanidine and amines are also increased.
- This increase can be observed as retention azotemia, particularly in uremia .
- A Produktionsazotämie comes with reduced protein production or an increased protein degradation - as after burns , radiation therapy , a Crush syndrome - about.
The classification can also be made as renal - from Latin ren ( kidney ) - or prerenal azotemia, which means that the causes of the increase in these urinary substances are to be found in the kidney itself or "in front of the kidney". Renal azotemia is a sign of kidney failure .
As hypochloraemic azotemia one is dehydration (dehydration) while lack of blood salts referred to, as in severe diarrhea with vomiting , a diabetic coma or a crisis Addison's can occur.
literature
- Anne Madel: Studies on azotemia in pet rabbits: A retro and prospective study , Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin 2016, BNB 1117028399 (Dissertation FU Berlin 2016, full text online PDF, free of charge 266 pages, 1.2 MB ( FUDISS )); Print edition: Mensch und Buch, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-86387-748-4 (256 pages).
- Rudolf Mohr: Azotemia in the context of parenteral nutrition : a retrospective study of the behavior of nitrogenous metabolites in serum during total parental nutrition in intensive care medicine , Heidelberg 1976, DNB 780771176 (dissertation University of Heidelberg, Faculty of Clinical Medicine, 1976, 80 pages).
