Kidney disease

Kidney disease: Introduction

Kidney disease: Reduced kidney function from various causes. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Kidney disease is available below.

Symptoms of Kidney disease

• Microalbuminuria
• Proteinuria
• more symptoms...»

Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical testing related to Kidney disease:

• Bladder & Urinary Health: Home Testing:
  • Home Bladder Testing
  • Home Urinary Tract Infection Tests
  • Home Cystitis Tests
  • Home Kidney Tests
  • Home Urine Protein Tests (Kidney Function)
  • Home Prostate Cancer Tests
• Kidney Health: Home Testing:
  • Home Kidney Testing
  • Home Microalbumin Tests (Kidney)
  • Home Urine Protein Tests (Kidney)
  • Home Urinary Tract Infection Test Kits
• more tests...»

Kidney disease: Complications

Review possible medical complications related to Kidney disease:

• Kidney failure
• Anemia
• Dialysis-related amyloidosis (DRA) - from dialysis treatment
• Vitamin D deficiency
• Excessive serum phosphorus
• Bone thinning
• Osteoporosis
• more complications...»

Medical Textbooks Online about Kidney disease

Book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Diagnostic Tests for Kidney disease

• Serum creatinine
• Blood urea nitrogen (BUN)
• Random urine test
• 24-hour urine test
• Creatinine clearance test
• more tests...»

See full list of 7 diagnostic tests for Kidney disease

Wrongly Diagnosed with Kidney disease?

• Misdiagnosis of Kidney disease
• Failure to diagnose Kidney disease
• Hidden causes of Kidney disease (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
• Undiagnosed: Kidney disease

Kidney disease: Marketplace Products, Discounts & Offers

Products, offers and promotion categories available for Kidney disease:

• Urinary Care & Incontinence
• Bladder
• more product offers...»

Kidney disease: Undiagnosed Conditions

Commonly undiagnosed diseases in related medical categories:

• Urinary & Bladder Disorders -- serious medical disorders that may be undiagnosed:
  • Incontinence -- Undiagnosed
  • Overactive Bladder Syndrome -- Undiagnosed
  • Interstitial Cystitis -- Undiagnosed
  • Prostate Disorders -- Undiagnosed
  • more ...»
• more undiagnosed conditions...»

Misdiagnosis and Kidney disease

Interstitial cystitis an under-diagnosed bladder condition: The medical condition of interstitial cystitic is a bladder condition that can be misdiagnosed as various conditions such as overactive bladder or other causes of pelvic pain. This condition can cause chronic pelvic pain or symptoms of urinary incontinence, similar to overactive bladder. Millions of patients may be misdiagnosed - an estimated third of the 9 million women with chronic pelvic pain (CPP) or 4.5 million of the 17 million women with overactive bladder syndrome do not respond well to treatment, and may have interstitial cystitis rather than their given diagnosis. In other words, about 6 million US women may have misdiagnosed interstitial cystitis. See interstitial cystitis or overactive bladder, or incontinence....read more »

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Kidney disease: Research Doctors & Specialists

Research related physicians and medical specialists:

• Urinary & Bladder Specialists (Urology):
  • Urology (Urinary Specialists)
  • Urological Surgery (Urinary Surgeons)
  • Kidney Doctors (Nephrologists) -- State Directory
• Kidney Health Specialists (Nephrology):
  • Nephrology (Kidney Health)
  • Pediatric Nephrology (Child Kidney Health)
  • Urology (Urinary/Bladder)
  • Kidney Doctors (Nephrologists) -- Local Directory
• more specialists...»

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• Research local specialists including ratings, affiliations, and sanctions.

Hospitals & Clinics: Kidney disease

Research quality ratings and patient safety measures for medical facilities in specialties related to Kidney disease:

• Kidney Dialysis Centers -- Hospital Quality Ratings
• Kidney Doctors (Nephrologists) -- Ratings and Reports
• Kidney Health (Nephrology) -- Hospital Quality Ratings
• Urinary Health (Urology) -- Hospital Quality Ratings
• more hospital ratings...»

Hospital & Clinic quality ratings » »

Choosing the Best Hospital: More general information, not necessarily in relation to Kidney disease, on hospital performance and surgical care quality:

• 50 Best Hospitals Report
• Outstanding Patient Experinece Award Winning Hospitals
• Women's Health Best Hospitals
• Patient Safety
• Hospital Quality and Clinical Excellence Study (2009)

Causes of Kidney disease

• Diabetes
• Hypertension
• more causes...»

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More information about causes of Kidney disease:

• Medications, drugs, or substances causing Kidney disease (160 listings)
• Drug interactions causing Kidney disease (759 listings)
• Underlying causes of Kidney disease
• Kidney disease as a complication caused by other conditions
• Kidney disease as a symptom
• Medical news summaries relating to Causes of Kidney disease
• Cause statistics for Kidney disease

Treatments for Kidney disease

• Control diabetes
• Control blood pressure
• Low-protein diets
• Kidney dialysis
• Kidney transplant
• more treatments...»

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News Archives for Kidney disease

Medical news articles related to Kidney disease include:

• Chronic Kidney Disease Raises Risk for Some Cancers
• Kidney Disease in Blacks Undetected Until Late Stages
• Preeclampsia Raises Risk of Serious Kidney Disease
• Study Points to New Treatments for Polycystic Kidney Disease
• Uric Acid May Help Spot Diabetic Kidney Disease Early
• Kidney Disease Increasing in U.S.
• Rituximab Promotes Healing in Common Kidney Disease
• Chronic Kidney Disease Growing Globally
• more health news...»

Source: HealthDay News

Evidence Based Medicine Research for Kidney disease

Medical research articles related to Kidney disease include:

• HMG CoA reductase inhibitors (statins) for people with chronic kidney disease not requiring dialysis
• Aldosterone Antagonists for Preventing the Progression of Chronic Kidney Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
• A simple algorithm to predict incident kidney disease
• Methoxy polyethylene glycol-epoetin beta - Treatment of anaemia associated with chronic kidney disease.
• Waist-to-hip ratio, body mass index, and subsequent kidney disease and death
• Paricalcitol capsules - for the prevention and treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism associated with chronic renal insufficiency chronic kidney disease
• more research...»

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Patient Surveys for Kidney disease

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• Survey about the symptoms of your Kidney disease
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Prognosis for Kidney disease

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Reseach about Kidney disease

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Clinical Trials for Kidney disease

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Kidney disease include:

• An Investigation of N-Acetylcysteine and Fenoldopam as Renal Protection Agents for Cardiac Surgery - kidney failure
• Does An Abnormal PFA 100 Predict Bleeding After Renal Biopsy? - kidney failure
• Prevention of Contrast-Induced Nephropathy - kidney failure
• Reducing the Risk of Transplant Rejection: Simultaneous Kidney and Bone Marrow Transplant - kidney failure
• The Role of Endothelium Dysfunction in Progression of CKD (Chronic Kidney Disease) After AKI (Acute Kidney Injury) - kidney failure
• more trials...»

See full list of 324 Clinical Trials for Kidney disease

Prevention of Kidney disease

Prevention information for Kidney disease has been compiled from various data sources and may be inaccurate or incomplete. None of these methods guarantee prevention of Kidney disease.

• Control diabetes
• Control blood pressure
• Low-protein diets
• Vitamin B12 - possibly used for prevention of Vitamin B12 deficiency
• more preventions...»

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Statistics for Kidney disease

• Medical statistics for Kidney disease
• Prevalence and incidence statistics for Kidney disease
• Death and Mortality statistics for Kidney disease
• Society statistics for Kidney disease

Kidney disease: Broader Related Topics

• Chronic Illness
• Urinary disorders
• Kidney conditions
• more types...»

Types of Kidney disease

Types of Kidney disease

• Nephritis - kidney disease due to inflammation
• Nephropathy - due to non-inflammatory causes
• Hyperfiltration (Stage 1) - increased filtering without microalbuminuria
• Mild microalbuminuria (Stage 2) - early stages of microalbuminuria
• Clinical albuminuria (Stage 3) - microalbuminuria in larger amounts
• more types...»

See full list of 11 Types of Kidney disease

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Definitions of Kidney disease:

Acute or chronic condition, characterized by the inability of the kidneys to adequately filter the blood substances, resulting in uremia and electrolyte imbalances. Acute renal failure is usually associated with oliguria or anuria, hyperkalemia, and pulmonary edema. Chronic renal failure is irreversible and requires hemodialysis.--2004 - (Source - Diseases Database)

A disease affecting the kidneys - (Source - WordNet 2.1)