Ammonia and Kidney Failure Study implicates an inability of a CKD patient's kidneys to excrete the daily acid load. Lower urinary ammonia excretion, a marker of an impaired ability of the kidneys to ...

Acute kidney failure, also known as acute renal failure, involves a sudden decline in the function of the kidneys. As the kidneys usually play an important role in the regulation of fluid and ...

The increasing prevalence of both gout and chronic kidney disease has led to a growing interest in the association between hyperuricemia (an abnormally high level of uric acid in the blood) and kidney ...

While not traditionally discussed, the kidneys’ contributions to maintaining glucose homeostasis are significant and include such functions as release of glucose into the circulation via ...