What are the most important effects of retaining nitrogenous waste products, sodium, potassium, and fixed acids?
I.General edema
II.Metabolic acidosis
III.High blood concentrations of creatinine
IV.Increased concentrations of potassium

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If a person with complete renal shutdown continues to ingest food and water, extracellular concentrations of nitrogenous waste products, sodium, potassium, and fixed acids rapidly increase. The following are the most important effects of retaining these substances: 
(1) general edema secondary to salt and water retention; 
(2) metabolic acidosis caused by the kidney's failure to excrete fixed acids; 
(3) high blood concentrations of nitrogenous compounds such as urea, creatinine, and uric acid, which are end products of protein breakdown; and 
(4) increased blood concentration of phenols, sulfates, phosphates, and potassium. This condition is called uremia because of the high urea concentrations in all body fluids.

What Are the Most Important Effects of Retaining Nitrogenous Waste