Diseases

Chronic Kidney Failure

The end-stage of CHRONIC RENAL INSUFFICIENCY. It is characterized by the severe irreversible kidney damage (as measured by the level of PROTEINURIA) and the reduction in GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE to less than 15 ml per min (Kidney Foundation: Kidney Disease Outcome Quality Initiative, 2002). These patients generally require HEMODIALYSIS or KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION.

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The end-stage of CHRONIC RENAL INSUFFICIENCY. It is characterized by the severe irreversible kidney damage (as measured by the level of PROTEINURIA) and the reduction in GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE to less than 15 ml per min (Kidney Foundation: Kidney Disease Outcome Quality Initiative, 2002). These patients generally require HEMODIALYSIS or KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION.

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  • ESRD
  • End-Stage Kidney Disease
  • End-Stage Renal Disease
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic
  • Renal Disease, End-Stage
  • Renal Failure, Chronic
  • Renal Failure, End-Stage
  • Chronic Renal Failure
  • Disease, End-Stage Kidney
  • Disease, End-Stage Renal
  • End Stage Kidney Disease
  • End Stage Renal Disease
  • End-Stage Renal Failure
  • Kidney Disease, End-Stage
  • Renal Disease, End Stage
  • Renal Failure, End Stage

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC is also available

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Chronic Kidney Failure. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007676. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007676
  2. Chronic Kidney Failure. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65464902