Acute Tubular Necrosis
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Acute Kidney Injury — Introduction to Critical Care Nursing▶ 6:22Got itThe most common form of intrarenal damage is acute tubular necrosis, or ATNThat prolonged oxygen starvation triggers an ischemic cascade, just literally killing the tubular cellsAcute Kidney Injury & Chronic Kidney Disease — Lewis's Medical-Surgical Nursing: Assessment and Management of Clinical Problems▶ 2:34The most common cause you'll see in hospitalized patientsAcute tubular necrosis or ATNATNAlterations of Renal and Urinary Tract Function — Pathophysiology: The Biologic Basis for Disease in Adults and Children▶ 57:27The actual functional tissue of the kidney parenchyma, the tubules, or the glomeruli is physically injured or deadWhile acute glomerulonephritis can cause this, the most common cause of intrarenal AKI is acute tubular necrosis, or ATNThis is a devastating condition where the delicate epithelial cells lining the renal undergo necrosis die and slough off the basement membrane