End stage renal disease may refer to:
* End-stage renal disease, also known as
*
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
end-stage renal disease — n the final stage of kidney failure (as that resulting from diabetes, chronic hypertension, or glomerulonephritis) that is marked by the complete or nearly complete irreversible loss of renal function called also end stage kidney disease, end… … Medical dictionary
End Stage Renal Disease (US Federal Program) — In 1972 the US Congress passed legislation authorizing the End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) program under Medicare. Section 299I of Public Law 92 603, passed by Congress on October 30, 1972, extended Medicare coverage to Americans if they had stage … Wikipedia
end-stage — adjective Date: 1977 being or occurring in the final stages of a terminal disease or condition < end stage renal disease > … New Collegiate Dictionary
end-stage renal failure — see under disease … Medical dictionary
Renal osteodystrophy — Infobox Disease Name = Renal osteodystrophy Caption = DiseasesDB = ICD10 = ICD10|N|25|0|n|25 ICD9 = ICD9|588.0 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = radio eMedicineTopic = 500 MeshID = D012080 Renal osteodystrophy is a bone pathology,… … Wikipedia
renal failure — A condition in which the kidneys stop working and are not able to remove waste and extra water from the blood or keep body chemicals in balance. Acute or severe renal failure happens suddenly (for example, after an injury) and may be treated and… … English dictionary of cancer terms
Disease, Kimmelstiel-Wilson — Diabetic nephropathy (kidney disease). Kimmelstiel Wilson disease is a kidney condition associated with long standing diabetes. It affects the network of tiny blood vessels (the microvasculature) in the glomerulus, a key structure in the kidney… … Medical dictionary
Renal failure — Classification and external resources ICD 10 N17 N19 ICD 9 … Wikipedia
Stage — The extent of a cancer, especially whether the disease has spread from the original site to other parts of the body. See also staging. * * * 1. A period in the course of a disease; a description of the extent of involvement of a disease process… … Medical dictionary
Disease, cystine transport — Commonly known as cystinuria, this is an inherited (genetic) disorder of the transport of an amino acid (a building block of protein) called cystine resulting in an excess of cystine in the urine (cystinuria) and the formation of cystine stones.… … Medical dictionary
