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Preferred term

Renal Insufficiency  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Insufficiency, Kidney
  • Kidney Insufficiencies
  • Kidney Insufficiency

Note

  • RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, ACUTE see ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; and RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC are available

Scope note

  • Conditions in which the KIDNEYS perform below the normal level in the ability to remove wastes, concentrate URINE, and maintain ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; BLOOD PRESSURE; and CALCIUM metabolism. Renal insufficiency can be classified by the degree of kidney damage (as measured by the level of PROTEINURIA) and reduction in GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE.

History note

  • 2006

In other languages

  • munuaisten vajaatoiminta

    Finnish

  • insufficientia renalis
  • insufficientia renalis non specificata
  • insufficientia renum
  • munuaisinsuffisienssi
  • munuaisten insuffisienssi
  • määrittämätön munuaisten vajaatoiminta
  • tarkemmin määrittämätön uremia
  • uraemia NAS
  • virtsamyrkytys
  • Njurinsufficiens

    Swedish

  • Nedsatt njurfunktion
  • Njursvikt

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D051437

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