title: Drug-related syndromes in clinical nephrology.
abstract: The major clinical presentations of disease to a nephrologist can be grouped into six general areas: acute renal failure, chronic renal failure, nephrotic syndrome, fluid-electrolyte disorders, acid-base disturbances, and the uremic symptom-complex. Each of these major clinical syndromes can be caused by, or related to, drugs or environmental toxins. Prototype drugs can be used to highlight the features of each drug-related syndrome. Although it is preventable, drug-related disease may present opportunities to learn about general pathophysiologic mechanisms in clinical nephrology.
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000139:chemically induced; D064420:Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced*; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000139:chemically induced; D009404:Nephrotic Syndrome / Q000139:chemically induced; D013577:Syndrome; D014883:Water-Electrolyte Imbalance / Q000139:chemically induced