Question 1: AoCRF, like AKI, can be difficult to distinguish from chronic kidney disease, if the patient has not been monitored by a ________ and no baseline (i.e., past) blood work is available for comparison.
Question 3: Other factors which may help differentiate acute and chronic kidney disease include the presence of ________ and the kidney size on ultrasound.
Question 4: ________ (CKD) can develop slowly and show few initial symptoms, be the long term result of irreversible acute disease, or be part of a disease progression.
Question 6: Stage 5 CKD is considered a severe illness and requires some form of renal replacement therapy (________) or kidney transplant whenever feasible.