CKD-UREMIA

SUMMARY

1. Uremia is a constellation of signs and symptoms associated with a GFR < 15 mL/min.

2. Clinical - anorexia, nausea/vomiting, pericardial and pleural effusions, hemorrhagic pericarditis, platelet dysfunction and bleeding, pruritus, sensory neuropathies, and CNS dysfunction (confusion, difficulty concentrating, encephalopathy, coma).

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