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Descriptor English:

Renal Insufficiency

Descriptor Spanish:

Insuficiencia Renal

Descriptor Portuguese:

Insuficiência Renal

Synonyms English:

Kidney Insufficiency

Tree Number:

Definition English:

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. The most severe form is KIDNEY FAILURE. Renal function may deteriorate slowly (RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC) or precipitously (RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, ACUTE).

Indexing Annotation English:

RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, ACUTE; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; and RENAL FAILURE are also available

History Note English:

2006; use KIDNEY FAILURE 1993-2005

Allowable Qualifiers English:

Record Number:

50495

Unique Identifier:

D051437

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