| end-stage renal disease |
The final phase of kidney disease; treated by dialysis or kidney transplantation. See also:Dialysis; nephropathy.
Ãâó: aspin.asu.edu/geneinfo/glos-e.htm
|
|---|---|
| end-stage renal disease |
Severe kidney disease or chronic kidney failure that has reduced the kidney function to 10 percent or less of normal function, requiring the patient to have either dialysis or a transplant in order to live. Also called renal failure.
Ãâó: www.organtransplants.org/glossary.html
|
| end-stage renal disease |
(ESRD) total and permanent kidney failure requiring treatment to replace the work of the failed kidneys.
Ãâó: www.diatxzn.com/Terminology/
|
| end-stage renal disease |
Stage in kidney disease when treatment, such as dialysis or transplantation, becomes necessary.
Ãâó: www.kidney.sk.ca/kidneydisease/glossary/DEFGHI.htm...
|
| end-stage renal disease |
The final, irreversible phase of kidney disease. The kidneys function at 10% or less of normal function and dialysis or kidney transplantation is required. Anemia is a common complication of end-stage renal disease because the kidneys are unable to produce enough erythropoietin, a hormone that stimulates the red blood cell production.
Ãâó: www.anemia.org/patients/glossary/
|