An excess in the blood of urea, creatinine and other nitrogenous end products of protein and amino acids metabolism, more correctly referred to as azotaemia.
A disorder caused by kidney failure, where urea is retained in the blood, and the person develops nausea, convulsions and in severe cases goes into a coma.
The clinical state which results from renal failure. This may be due to disease of the kidneys or it may be the result of pre-renal causes where a lack of circulating blood volume inadequately perfuses the kidneys. It may result from acute necrosis in the tubules of the kidney or it may result from obstruction to the outflow of urine.
Elevated levels of urea and various chemical waste substances in the bloodstream, resulting from the malfunction of the kidneys.