Azotemia - excessive blood levels of certain products of nitrogen metabolism: urea, uric acid, creatine, creatinine, etc. azotemia often caused by failure of renal excretory function, but may also depend on extrarenal factors - increased protein breakdown (burns), difficulty of urination ( with adenoma of the prostate gland, compression of the ureters).
Treatment is directed at the underlying disease. Symptomatic treatment includes dietary restriction of foods containing protein, especially meat, the appointment of anabolic hormones (to reduce protein breakdown), and activities designed to increase urine output, including the use of diuretics. In a hospital if needed hemodialysis.
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