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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:
C12.777.419.780.500.602
C12.777.419.780.750.500
C13.351.968.419.780.500.602
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)
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Record Number:
7851
Unique Identifier:
D007676
Occurrence in VHL
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