This tutorial has been prepared using similar information to that provided within the student handbook on the urinary system and in the lecture course.
Renal failure is an important clinical condition which is seen frequently in practice.
Having completed the tutorial you should now be familiar with the different routes by which acute and chronic renal failure can develop, the processes which occur within the kidney as a consequence of renal failure and how the metabolic changes associated with renal failure affect other organs. By working through the case studies you should be able to apply what you have learnt to clinical situations.