Oliguria

Under construction / Forgotten

This article was marked by its author as Under construction, but the last edit is older than 30 days. If you want to edit this page, please try to contact its author first (you fill find him in the history). Watch the discussion as well. If the author will not continue in work, remove the template {{Under construction}} and edit the page. Last update: Sunday, 25 Dec 2022 at 12.37 pm.

This article has been translated from WikiSkripta; ready for the editor's review.

Lowered daily or hourly diuresis. In small children 0,5–1 ml/kg/hour. With age ( maturation of the kidney's ability to thicken urine) the criterium fro oliguria decreases. In adults, it amounts to 50-500 ml of urine per day. The decrease of diuresis under 50ml/day in adults or 0.5ml/kg/h in small children is assesed as anuria.

The most common causes are:

• acute renal failure
• acute tubular necrosis
• serious dehydration
• state of shock

Links

Related articles

• Urine examination
• Examination of the child's uropoietic system
• Polyuria
• Anuria