u·re·mi·a

also u·rae·mi·a (yo͝o-rē′mē-ə)

A toxic condition resulting from kidney disease in which there is retention in the bloodstream of waste products normally excreted in the urine. Also called azotemia.

u·re′mic adj.

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Adj.

uremic - of or involving excess nitrogenous waste products in the urine (usually due to kidney insufficiency)

azotemic, uraemic

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ur·e·mic

a. urémico-a, rel. a la uremia o causado por ésta.

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uremic

adj urémico

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Alexion Pharmaceuticals announced that the FDA has accepted for priority review the company's supplemental Biologics License Application for Ultomiris, the company's long-acting C5 complement inhibitor, for the treatment of people with atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome in order to inhibit complement-mediated thrombotic microangiopathy.

Alexion's Biologics License Application for Ultomiris accepted by FDA

KEYWORDS: Kikuchi Disease (KD), Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS), Acute Kidney Injury (AKI).

A rare presentation of Kikuchi Disease with Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome

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Indonesia to Import Fertilizer Technology from Iran

Recovery occurred more often in patients with vasculitis (11 percent at two years; adjusted hazard ratio, 20.4), ischemic kidney failure (12 percent; adjusted hazard ratio, 11.4), and hemolytic uremic syndrome (13 percent; adjusted hazard ratio, 15.6), compared to patients with congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract.

Kidney Function Recovery Seen in Some Children on Dialysis; Recovery less likely in children with congenital anomalies

STEC leads to hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) in 15% of children under the age of 10.

Enterohemorrhagic colitis with disseminated intravascular coagulation

Advances in pathogenesis and therapy of hemolytic uremic syndrome caused by Shiga toxin-2.

Shiga (Vero)-toxigenic Escherichia coli: epidemiology, virulence and disease

(2) Uremic toxicity is a systemic syndrome; uremic toxins can affect all tissues--and do so early in the course of the disease.

Cool Beans: Getting to Know the Uremics: Attending to Early and Moderate CKD Detoxicology

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For those patients, a complement-mediated TMA secondary to a dysregulation of the alternative complement pathway, classically called atypical haemolytic and uremic syndrome (a-HUS), should be suspected.

De Novo Atypical Haemolytic Uremic Syndrome after Kidney Transplantation

Calcific uremic arteriolopathy can be characterized by obstructive vasculopathy, with calcification of small arteries and arterioles resulting in luminal occlusion and subsequently cutaneous necrosis [1].

A Rare Case of Multiorgan Calciphylaxis in a Patient with Stage 5 Chronic Kidney Disease

Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS) is a very rare life-threatening disease.

Purtscher-Like Retinopathy Associated with Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome