prerenal
/ˌpriːˈriːnəl/
adjective
- Relating to or occurring in the part of the body before the kidney, especially referring to causes of kidney failure that originate outside the kidney itself.
- Prerenal failure often results from low blood flow to the kidneys.
- The patient's acute kidney injury was due to prerenal causes like dehydration.
- Doctors treated the prerenal condition by giving fluids to raise blood pressure.