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I would like to know difference between acute kidney & chronic, Is dehydration a cause of acute kidney failure.
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It can be if it is severe dehydration. Acute injure is mostly reversible but if chronic then the creatinine value might keep on rising even after treatment.
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Yes. In acute renal failure is reversible. Chronic renal failure is irreversible.
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