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... > Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Pathologic Processes > Disease Attributes > Chronic Disease > Renal Insufficiency, Chronic > Kidney Failure, Chronic
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Kidney Failure, Chronic  

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Entry terms

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

Note

  • RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC is also available

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 67(66)

In other languages

  • munuaisten krooninen vajaatoiminta

    Finnish

  • diffuusi sklerosoiva munuaiskerästulehdus
  • insufficientia renalis chronica
  • insufficientia renalis chronica non specificata
  • insufficientia renum chronica
  • krooninen munuaisinsuffisienssi
  • krooninen munuaisten insuffisienssi
  • krooninen munuaisten vajaatoiminta
  • munuaisten krooninen insuffisienssi
  • munuaisten pitkäaikainen vajaatoiminta
  • määrittämätön pitkäaikainen munuaisten vajaatoiminta
  • pitkäaikainen munuaisten vajaatoiminta
  • pitkäaikainen uremia
  • pitkäaikainen virtsamyrkytystila
  • Kronisk njursvikt

    Swedish

  • ESRD
  • Terminal njursjukdom

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D007676

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