Kidney disease
Kidney disease: Introduction
Kidney disease: Reduced kidney function from various causes.
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causes, and treatments of Kidney disease is available below.
Symptoms of Kidney disease
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Home Diagnostic Testing
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Kidney disease: Complications
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Disease Topics Related To Kidney disease
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Medical Textbooks Online about Kidney disease
Medical Books Excerpts
- HEMATURIA
- "Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs" (2003)
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- Hematuria
- "In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
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- HEMATURIA
- "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)
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- Hematuria
- "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)" (2006)
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- Hematuria
- "A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis" (1999)
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- Hematuria
- "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
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- Hematuria
- "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
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- Hematuria
- "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
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- Hematuria
- "The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics" (2006)
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- Hematuria
- "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
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- HEMATURIA
- "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)
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Diagnostic Tests for Kidney disease
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Wrongly Diagnosed with Kidney disease?
Kidney disease: Marketplace Products, Discounts & Offers
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Kidney disease: Undiagnosed Conditions
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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.
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Kidney disease: Research Doctors & Specialists
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Causes of Kidney disease
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Treatments for Kidney disease
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News Archives for Kidney disease
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Evidence Based Medicine Research for Kidney disease
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Videos for 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:
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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.
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Statistics for Kidney disease
Kidney disease: Broader Related Topics
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
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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)
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