"Bones can break, muscles can atrophy, glands can loaf, even the brain can go to sleep without immediate danger to survival. But should the kidneys fail...neither bone, muscle, gland nor brain could ...

The underlying causes, clinical presentation, assessment, management and treatment of acute kidney injury are discussed in this third article in a series about the renal system. Abstract This is the ...

Chronic kidney disease is a category of kidney dysfunction, characterised by irreversible changes to kidney structure and a reduction in kidney function. This fourth article in a series about the ...

The urinary tract is composed of the kidneys, the ureters, the urinary bladder, and the urethra. Any disease of these structures is usually signaled by symptoms such as dysuria, that is, pain during ...