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Descriptor
English
:
Kidney Failure, Chronic
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Fallo Renal Crónico
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Falência Renal Crônica
Synonyms
English
:
Renal Failure, Chronic
End-Stage Renal Disease
ESRD
Renal Disease, End-Stage
Renal Failure, End-Stage
Tree Number:
C12.777.419.780.750.500
C13.351.968.419.780.750.500
Definition
English
:
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.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
RENAL INSUFFICIENCY
, CHRONIC is also available
See Related
English
:
Renal Dialysis
Uremia
History Note
English
:
67(66)
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
BL
blood
CF
cerebrospinal fluid
CI
chemically induced
CL
classification
CO
complications
CN
congenital
DI
diagnosis
DH
diet therapy
DT
drug therapy
EC
economics
EM
embryology
EN
enzymology
EP
epidemiology
EH
ethnology
ET
etiology
GE
genetics
HI
history
IM
immunology
ME
metabolism
MI
microbiology
MO
mortality
NU
nursing
PS
parasitology
PA
pathology
PP
physiopathology
PC
prevention & control
PX
psychology
RA
radiography
RI
radionuclide imaging
RT
radiotherapy
RH
rehabilitation
SU
surgery
TH
therapy
US
ultrasonography
UR
urine
VE
veterinary
VI
virology
Record Number:
7851
Unique Identifier:
D007676
Occurrence in VHL
:
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