End-stage renal disease

End-stage renal disease: Introduction

End-stage renal disease: Renal failure is any acute or chronic loss of kidney function and is the term used when some kidney function remains. ESRD is total, or ... more about End-stage renal disease.

End-stage renal disease: Final stage of total kidney failure. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of End-stage renal disease is available below.

Symptoms of End-stage renal disease

• Reduced urine
• Total lack of urine
• Nausea
• Vomiting
• Uremia - causing various symptoms of uremia:
• more symptoms...»

See full list of 10 symptoms of End-stage renal disease

Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical testing related to End-stage renal disease:

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

End-stage renal disease: Complications

Review possible medical complications related to End-stage renal disease:

• Uremia
• Shock
• Seizures
• Coma
• See also complications of kidney failure
• more complications...»

Medical Textbooks Online about End-stage renal disease

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Wrongly Diagnosed with End-stage renal disease?

• Misdiagnosis of End-stage renal disease
• Failure to diagnose End-stage renal disease
• Hidden causes of End-stage renal disease (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
• Undiagnosed: End-stage renal disease

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End-stage renal 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 End-stage renal 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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End-stage renal disease: Research Doctors & Specialists

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• Urinary & Bladder Specialists (Urology):
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  • Urological Surgery (Urinary Surgeons)
  • Kidney Doctors (Nephrologists) -- State Directory
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  • Nephrology (Kidney Health)
  • Pediatric Nephrology (Child Kidney Health)
  • Urology (Urinary/Bladder)
  • Kidney Doctors (Nephrologists) -- Local Directory
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Hospitals & Clinics: End-stage renal disease

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• Patient Safety
• Hospital Quality and Clinical Excellence Study (2009)

Causes of End-stage renal disease

• Kidney disease - obviously ESRD starts as early kidney disease.
• Diabetic nephropathy - 43.2% (NIDDK) of kidney failure is due to diabetes; most common cause; 35.9% of cases (NHWIC).
• Chronic kidney failure (type of Kidney stones) - ESRD is by definition the last state of chronic kidney failure
• Hypertension - 23% of cases (NIDDK); 28.8% cases (NWHIC)
• Glomerulonephritis - 12.3% of cases (NIDDK); 11.4% cases (NWHIC)
• more causes...»

See full list of 6 causes of End-stage renal disease

More information about causes of End-stage renal disease:

• Underlying causes of End-stage renal disease
• End-stage renal disease as a complication caused by other conditions
• Cause statistics for End-stage renal disease

Treatments for End-stage renal disease

• Treatment of underlying condition for acute kidney failure
• Kidney dialysis
  • In-center hemodialysis
  • Home hemodialysis
  • Peritoneal dialysis
• more treatments...»

See full list of 6 treatments for End-stage renal disease

News Archives for End-stage renal disease

Medical news articles related to End-stage renal disease include:

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• Dying Feel Abandoned by Docs in the End
• Obama to End Stem Cell Ban Monday
• Scientists Heartened at Prospect of End to Stem Cell Ban
• more health news...»

Source: HealthDay News

Evidence Based Medicine Research for End-stage renal disease

Medical research articles related to End-stage renal disease include:

• Effect of food additives on hyperphosphatemia among patients with end-stage renal disease: a randomized controlled trial.
• Low birth weight increases risk for end-stage renal disease
• Preeclampsia and the Risk of End-Stage Renal Disease.
• Lanthanum carbonate hydrate - Hyperphosphatemia, end-stage renal disease
• Incidences, treatments, outcomes, and gender effect on survival in end-stage renal disease patients by diabetic status in Australia and New Zealand (1991-2005).
• Cinacalcet for the treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism in patients with end-stage renal disease on maintenance dialysis therapy
• Effect of homocysteine lowering on mortality and vascular disease in advanced chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease: a randomized controlled trial.
• The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of cinacalcet for secondary hyperparathyroidism in end-stage renal disease patients on dialysis: a systematic review and economic evaluation
• more research...»

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Prognosis for End-stage renal disease

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Prevention of End-stage renal disease

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

• Treat kidney disease
• Control blood pressure
• Control diabetes
• more preventions...»

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Statistics for End-stage renal disease

• Medical statistics for End-stage renal disease
• Prevalence and incidence statistics for End-stage renal disease
• Death and Mortality statistics for End-stage renal disease
• Society statistics for End-stage renal disease

End-stage renal disease: Broader Related Topics

• Kidney conditions
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Types of End-stage renal disease

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Article Excerpts about End-stage renal disease

Glomerular Diseases: NIDDK (Excerpt)

Renal failure is any acute or chronic loss of kidney function and is the term used when some kidney function remains. ESRD is total, or nearly total, and permanent kidney failure. (Source: excerpt from Glomerular Diseases: NIDDK)

Kidney Failure Glossary: NIDDK (Excerpt)

Total and permanent kidney failure . When the kidneys fail, the body retains fluid and harmful wastes build up. A person with ESRD needs treatment to replace the work of the failed kidneys. (Source: excerpt from Kidney Failure Glossary: NIDDK)

End-Stage Renal Disease: NWHIC (Excerpt)

Each year in the United States, more than 50,000 people are diagnosed with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), a serious condition in which the kidneys fail to rid the body of wastes. ESRD is the final stage of a slow deterioration of the kidneys, a process known as nephropathy. (Source: excerpt from End-Stage Renal Disease: NWHIC)