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Classification of Renal Failure


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Acute Renal Failure
• Classified according to site of problem:
•  pre-renal
•  renal
•  post-renal

Chronic Renal Failure - Classified in 5 stages of increasing seriousness
1. mild damage
2. mild decrease of renal function
3. moderate renal insufficiency
4. severe damage
5. end stage renal disease (ESRD)





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