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  2. Tumor lysis syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Acute kidney injury: Patients at risk for developing TLS (e.g. patients about to receive chemotherapy for a cancer with a high cell turnover rate, especially lymphomas and leukemias) should receive appropriate intravenous hydration in order to improve blood flow to the kidneys, maximize urine output, and ultimately prevent precipitation of uric ...

  3. Kidney disease - Wikipedia

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    Kidney failure from break down of cancer cells, usually after chemotherapy, is unique to onconephrology. Several chemotherapeutic agents, for example cisplatin , are associated with acute and chronic kidney injuries. [ 26 ]

  4. Kidney failure - Wikipedia

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    Kidney failure, also known as renal ... Drug overdoses, accidental or from chemical overloads of drugs such as antibiotics or chemotherapy, along with bee stings [25] ...

  5. Chemotherapy - Wikipedia

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    Chemotherapy is one of the major categories of the medical discipline specifically devoted to pharmacotherapy for cancer, which is called medical oncology. [1] [2] The term chemotherapy now means the non-specific use of intracellular poisons to inhibit mitosis (cell division) or to induce DNA damage (so that DNA repair can augment chemotherapy ...

  6. Acute uric acid nephropathy - Wikipedia

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    Acute uric acid nephropathy is caused by deposition of uric acid crystals within the kidney interstitium and tubules, leading to partial or complete obstruction of collecting ducts, renal pelvis, or ureter. This obstruction is usually bilateral, and patients follow the clinical course of acute kidney failure.

  7. High-dose chemotherapy - Wikipedia

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    Chemotherapy medications, including methotrexate, cisplatin, streptozotocin, and nitrosoureas, can cause renal and metabolic problems due to their nephrotoxic effects. [31] These medications may also cause renal failure or certain kidney lesions, like those in the glomeruli or tubules. [32]

  8. Acute tubular necrosis - Wikipedia

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    Damage from oxygen radicals, inflammatory cells and molecules, edema, and other mechanisms mean that when oxygen flow is restored to the tissue, it can cause further damage to the kidney, potentially worsening prognosis. Despite this risk, the return of blood flow to the tissue is necessary for its survival, so clinical strategies focus on ...

  9. Fanconi syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Fanconi syndrome or Fanconi's syndrome (English: / f ɑː n ˈ k oʊ n i /, / f æ n-/) is a syndrome of inadequate reabsorption in the proximal renal tubules [1] of the kidney.The syndrome can be caused by various underlying congenital or acquired diseases, by toxicity (for example, from toxic heavy metals), or by adverse drug reactions. [2]