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Medical Conditions - Acute Kidney Injury

AKI of the patients is defined as a loss of kidney function, in which serum creatinine level increases and urine output decreases. Prerenal causes may include kidney hypoperfusion, whereas intrinsic renal causes might involve kidney injury; postrenal causes may involve urinary tract obstruction.

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