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Question
In a patient with Acute Kidney Injury : Prerenal azotemia is any condition that leads to an overall decrease in renal perfusion; etiologies in this group include: hypovolemia, renovascular disease, decreased cardiac output, systemic vasodilation, renal vasoconstriction, and impairment of renal autoregulation of blood flow
• glomerulonephritis, acute tubular necrosis, and tubular obstruction
• ureteral obstruction, bladder neck obstruction, or urethral obstruction BPH, prostate or bladder cancer, and metastatic disease affecting the urinary tract.
• intravascular volume overload, metabolic acidosis, anemia, hyperkalemia, and uremic syndrome,