Diseases

Chronic Renal Insufficiency

Conditions in which the KIDNEYS perform below the normal level for more than three months. Chronic kidney insufficiency is classified by five stages according to the decline in GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE and the degree of kidney damage (as measured by the level of PROTEINURIA). The most severe form is the end-stage renal disease (CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE). (Kidney Foundation: Kidney Disease Outcome Quality Initiative, 2002)

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Abstract

Conditions in which the KIDNEYS perform below the normal level for more than three months. Chronic kidney insufficiency is classified by five stages according to the decline in GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE and the degree of kidney damage (as measured by the level of PROTEINURIA). The most severe form is the end-stage renal disease (CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE). (Kidney Foundation: Kidney Disease Outcome Quality Initiative, 2002)

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19 entry terms
  • Chronic Kidney Insufficiency
  • Kidney Insufficiency, Chronic
  • Renal Insufficiency, Chronic
  • Chronic Kidney Insufficiencies
  • Chronic Renal Insufficiencies
  • Kidney Insufficiencies, Chronic
  • Renal Insufficiencies, Chronic
  • Chronic Kidney Diseases
  • Chronic Renal Diseases
  • Chronic Kidney Disease
  • Chronic Renal Disease
  • Disease, Chronic Kidney
  • Disease, Chronic Renal
  • Diseases, Chronic Kidney
  • Diseases, Chronic Renal
  • Kidney Disease, Chronic
  • Kidney Diseases, Chronic
  • Renal Disease, Chronic
  • Renal Diseases, Chronic

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35 allowable subheadings

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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History Note

2006; use KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC 1993-2005

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Previous Indexing

  • Kidney Diseases (1965-1966)
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic (1966-2005)

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  1. C12.050.351.968w.419w.780w.750w
  2. C12.200.777w.419w.780w.750w
  3. C12.950w.419w.780w.750w
  4. C23.550.291.500w.906w

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NLM Classification

WJ 342.5

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Chronic Renal Insufficiency. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D051436. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D051436
  2. Chronic Renal Insufficiency. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronic_kidney_disease
  3. Chronic Renal Insufficiency. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q736715