anuria

No urine production

Anuria is the medical term for the failure to produce urine—complete or near-complete cessation of urination.

It indicates serious kidney dysfunction or urinary obstruction and constitutes a medical emergency: The patient presented with anuria following acute kidney failure.

Distinguished from oliguria, which is abnormally low but not absent urine output.

urinary

dysuria

Painful or difficult micturition

cystitis · incontinence · enuresis · urinalysis · micturition

obstruction

blockage

Obstruction halting movement

stricture · bladder · prostate · neurogenic · calculi · bilateral · occlusion · clot · stent

renal

kidney failure

Loss of blood-filtering function

nephrology · hemodialysis · peritoneal · nephrons · end-stage · nephrectomy · polycystic · nephrotoxic · proteinuria · transplant

causes

dehydration

Excessive fluid loss

  • shockViolent sudden disturbance
  • sepsisDangerous inflammatory infection response
  • hypotensionAbnormally reduced arterial pressure

hemorrhage · toxins · hemolysis · transfusion reaction · crush injury

Opposites
urine output volume

anuriapolyuria

Excessive urine production condition

diuresis · overactive bladder

Family

urine, urinate, urinal, urinary, diuretic, urology, uric, diuretics, uremia

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