Renal insufficiency

Introduction: Renal insufficiency

Description of Renal insufficiency

Renal insufficiency: insufficient excretion of wastes by the kidneys.
Source: WordNet 2.1

Renal insufficiency: 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).
Source: MeSH 2007

Renal insufficiency: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Renal insufficiency:

• Renal
• Renal symptoms (1125 causes)
• Renal disorder (24 causes)
• Renal pain (23 causes)
• Insufficiency
• Defective
• Nitrogenous
• Blood (1783 causes)
• Blood symptoms (2297 causes)

Terms associated with Renal insufficiency:

Broader terms for Renal insufficiency

• insufficiency
• kidney disease
• renal disorder
• nephropathy
• nephrosis

Source - WordNet 2.1

Hierarchical classifications of Renal insufficiency

The following list attempts to classify Renal insufficiency into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• insufficiency
• inability,unfitness
• quality
• attribute
• abstraction

Source: WordNet 2.1

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