En la NC, el daño de los riñones puede afectar directamente al funcionamiento del organismo en su totalidad y causar numerosas complicaciones.
Algunas de ellas son:
Gota
Anemia
Acidosis metabólica
Acumulación de líquido y edemas
Enfermedad ósea e hiperfosfatemia
Enfermedades cardíacas y cardiovasculares
Elevación del potasio (hiperpotasemia)
Daños irreversibles a los riñones
1. Adapted from Findlay’s and Isles’ “Clinical Companion in Nephrology”, Springer Ed., 2015.
2. Adapted from “Comprehensive Clinical Nephrology”, 6th edition, Elsevier Ed., 2015.
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