Chronic renal failure

Introduction: Chronic renal failure

Description of Chronic renal failure

Chronic renal failure (medical condition): Long-term and generally irreversible disease of the kidneys due to infection, obstruction, congenital diseases or generalised diseases causing failure of the kidneys' normal functions.

See also:

Chronic Kidney Disease:
  »Introduction: Chronic Kidney Disease
  »Symptoms of Chronic Kidney Disease
  »Causes of Chronic Kidney Disease
  »Treatments for Chronic Kidney Disease

Chronic renal failure: renal failure that can result from a variety of systemic disorders.
Source: WordNet 2.1

Chronic renal failure: An irreversible and usually progressive reduction in renal function in which both kidneys have been damaged by a variety of diseases to the extent that they are unable to adequately remove the metabolic products from the blood and regulate the body's electrolyte composition and acid-base balance. Chronic kidney failure requires HEMODIALYSIS or surgery, usually KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION.
Source: Diseases Database

Chronic renal failure: irreversible and usually progressive reduction in renal function in which both kidneys have been damaged by a variety of diseases to the extent that they are unable to adequately remove the metabolic products from the blood and regulate the body's electrolyte composition and acid-base balance.
Source: CRISP

Chronic renal failure: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Chronic renal failure:

• Renal failure (169 causes)
• Renal
• Failure

Chronic renal failure as a Disease

Chronic renal failure: Another name for Chronic Kidney Disease (or close medical condition association).
  »Introduction: Chronic Kidney Disease
  »Symptoms of Chronic Kidney Disease
  »Causes of Chronic Kidney Disease
  »Treatments for Chronic Kidney Disease

Chronic renal failure: Related Diseases

Chronic renal failure: Chronic renal failure is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Kidney stones

Causes of Chronic renal failure

Some of the causes of Chronic renal failure are included in the list below:

• Diabetes
• Hypertension
• Glomerulonephritis
• Polycystic kidney disease
• Interstitial renal diseases

See full list of 7 causes of Chronic renal failure (Chronic Kidney Disease)

Symptoms of Chronic renal failure (Chronic Kidney Disease)

Some of the symptoms of Chronic renal failure incude:

• Fluid retention
• Puffiness in feet
• Legs and face
• Cough
• Breathlessness

See full list of 40 symptoms of Chronic renal failure (Chronic Kidney Disease)

Treatments for Chronic renal failure (Chronic Kidney Disease)

Treatments for Chronic renal failure (Chronic Kidney Disease) include:

• Treatment of underlying cause - e.g., hypertension, diabetes, autoimmune diseases
• Diuretics
• Fluid restriction
• Dietary restrictions of potassium and phosphate containing foods
• Treatment of renal bone disease - Vitamin D supplements

See full list of 11 treatments for Chronic renal failure

Treatment of Chronic renal failure: For more treatment information about Chronic renal failure, see treatment of Chronic Kidney Disease (Chronic renal failure)

Chronic renal failure: Article Excerpts about Chronic Kidney Disease

Chronic renal failure (CRF) is the gradual reduction of kidney function that may lead to permanent kidney failure, or end-stage renal disease (ESRD). You may go several years without knowing you have CRF. (Source: excerpt from Your Urinary System and How It Works: NIDDK)

Chronic renal failure (CRF) is the gradual reduction of kidney function that may lead to permanent kidney failure, or end-stage renal disease (ESRD). You may go several years without knowing you have CRF. (Source: excerpt from Your Urinary System and How It Works: NIDDK)

Chronic renal failure as a Symptom

Chronic renal failure (symptom): Type of Renal failure.

More information on symptom: Renal failure:

• Renal failure

Chronic renal failure: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Chronic renal failure:

• hypertension
• diabetes mellitus
• anemia
• pericarditis
• congestive heart failure
• metabolic acidosis
• hyperphosphatemia
• erythropoietin

Terms associated with Chronic renal failure:

Terms Similar to Chronic renal failure:

• Kidney failure, chronic
• Uremia, chronic
• Renal failure, chronic
• CRF

Source: Diseases Database

• chronic kidney failure

Source - WordNet 2.1

Broader terms for Chronic renal failure

• renal failure

Source - CRISP

• renal failure
• kidney failure

Source - WordNet 2.1

The term Chronic renal failure can be used for:

• chronic renal insufficiency
• end stage renal disease
• end stage renal failure

Source: CRISP

Other terms that may be related to Chronic renal failure:

• chronic disease /disorder
• pyelonephritis
• uremia

Source: CRISP

The description of Chronic renal failure may also be used for the following terms:

• CRF

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Chronic renal failure

The following list attempts to classify Chronic renal failure into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• kidney failure,renal failure
• kidney disease,nephropathy,nephrosis,renal disorder
• uropathy
• pathology
• health problem,ill health,unhealthiness
• pathological state
• condition,status
• state

Source: WordNet 2.1

Disease Ontology - OBO (Open Biomedical Ontologies)

• NEPHRITIS, NEPHROTIC SYNDROME, AND NEPHROSIS
• Kidney Disease
• OTHER DISEASES OF URINARY SYSTEM
• DISEASES OF THE GENITOURINARY SYSTEM
• DISEASES AND INJURIES
• Disease Ontology V2.1 2005

External links related to: Chronic renal failure

• Vascular Access Surgery, indications, tests and technique of vascular access surgery
• HMG CoA reductase inhibitors (statins) for dialysis patients (Cochrane Review)
• Renal failure - home versus hospital haemodialysis (No. 48)
• Haemoglobin and haematocrit targets for the anaemia of chronic kidney disease (Cochrane Review)
• eMedicine - Azotemia : Article by Moro O Salifu, MD, MPH
• Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) versus hospital or home haemodialysis for end-stage renal disease in adults (Cochrane Review)
• Frequency of administration of recombinant human erythropoietin for anaemia of end-stage renal disease in dialysis patients (Cochrane Review)
• eMedicine - Renal Failure, Chronic and Dialysis Complications : Article by Richard S Krause, MD
• eMedicine - Chronic Renal Failure : Article by Mauro Verrelli, MD, FRCPC, FACP
• Interventions for preventing bone disease in kidney transplant recipients (Cochrane Review)

Source: Diseases Database

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