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Pain in the upper back
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Learn more about Renal infarction
Content updated on Sep 20, 2022
What is renal infarction?
Renal infarction is the damage of kidney tissue due to a disruption of blood flow to the kidneys. The blood flow may most commonly be disrupted by a blood clot from the heart obstructing the arteries supplying blood to the kidneys.
Symptoms of renal infarction
History of atrial fibrillation
Back pain
Low back pain
Decrease in urine volume
Abdominal pain
Questions your doctor may ask to check for renal infarction
Your doctor may ask these questions to diagnose renal infarction
Have you ever been diagnosed with atrial fibrillation?
Do you have back pain?
Do you have pain in the lumbar back?
Are you passing less urine?
Do you have abdominal pain (stomach ache)?
Treatment for renal infarction
Depending on the size of the blood clot, conservative treatment such as medications to dissolve the blood clot and blood thinners to reduce the risk of developing clots in the future may be prescribed. In more severe cases, open surgery may be recommended to remove the obstruction.
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Maxwell J. Nanes, DO (Emergency department)
Dr Nanes received a doctorate from the Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine and went on to complete a residency in emergency medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin. There he trained at Froedtert Hospital and Children's Hospital of Wisconsin in the practice of adult and pediatric emergency medicine. He was a chief resident and received numerous awards for teaching excellence during his time there. | | After residency he took a job at a community hospital where he and his colleagues worked through the toughest days of the COVID-19 pandemic. |
Yoshinori Abe, MD (Internal medicine)
Dr. Abe graduated from The University of Tokyo School of Medicine in 2015. He completed his residency at the Tokyo Metropolitan Health and Longevity Medical Center. He co-founded Ubie, Inc. in May 2017, where he currently serves as CEO & product owner at Ubie. Since December 2019, he has been a member of the Special Committee for Activation of Research in Emergency AI of the Japanese Association for Acute Medicine. | | Dr. Abe has been elected in the 2020 Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia Healthcare & Science category.
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