While various factors such as cardiac issues, liver failure, and severe protein loss from the gut can contribute to Edema, kidney dysfunction significantly plays a role in a fluid imbalance within ...

Kidney disease affects millions of Americans, with Black communities facing disproportionately higher risks due to genetic factors, socioeconomic challenges, ...

All demonstrated moderate to severe proteinuria, edema, hypoalbuminemia and doubly ... may be of significant value in the evaluation of renal disease. All patients who excreted 5 microgm.

Background. A 40-year-old man presented to a hospital emergency department with acute-onset, bilateral, painless swelling of the scrotum, which had developed progressively over the previous 12 h.

Gestational edema occurs in late pregnancy secondary to increased venous congestion in the legs caused by pressure exerted mechanically by the uterus onto the inferior vena cava and iliac veins.

The man is now being prepared for discharge. Specialists in the relevant fields will continue to monitor his condition.

Since intracaval spread occurs in 4–10% of those affected, the combination of macrohematuria and lower leg edema should prompt consideration of renal cell carcinoma in the differential diagnosis.

The FDA has accepted for review the NDA for bumetanide nasal spray for edema associated with CHF, as well as hepatic and renal disease.