End-stage kidney disease
Definition
End-stage kidney disease is the complete, or almost complete failure of the kidneys to function. The main function of the kidneys is to remove wastes and excess water from the body.
End-stage kidney disease
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End-Stage Kidney Disease - End-Stage Renal Disease
Overview, Causes, & Risk Factors
Symptoms & Signs
Diagnosis & Tests
Prevention & Expectations
Treatment & Monitoring
Attribution ...
End-stage kidney disease
Alternate Names : Renal failure - end stage, Kidney failure - end stage, ESRD
Definition ...
End-stage kidney disease is the complete, or almost complete failure of the kidneys to function. The kidneys can no longer remove wastes, concentrate urine, and regulate electrolytes.
Causes, incidence, and risk factors: ...
End-stage kidney disease
By the time end-stage kidney disease develops, your kidneys are functioning at less than 10 percent to 15 percent of capacity.
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high blood pressure
a fast heart rate or pulse
a type of abnormal heart rhythm known as a 'prolonged QT interval', or a family history of this
an abnormality in the structure of the heart ...
End-stage kidney disease
Respiratory
Goodpasture syndrome is a rare disease that can involve rapidly progressive kidney failure along with lung disease.
End-stage kidney disease in male relatives
Family history of Alport syndrome
Glomerulonephritis
Hearing loss before age 30
Nephritis ...
Women with end-stage kidney disease who are on dialysis and who become pregnant are at very high risk for miscarriage, premature delivery, severe hypertension, and preeclampsia.
End-Stage Kidney Disease (End-Stage Renal Disease)
End-Stage Renal Failure (End-Stage Renal Disease)
End-Stage Renal Disease
Enlarged Prostate (Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia)
Enuresis
ESRD (End-Stage Renal Disease)
Fallen Bladder (Cystocele) ...
UAB performed the first simultaneous pancreas-kidney (SPK) transplant in the region in 1988 - a surgical advance that is now accepted treatment for many patients with end-stage kidney disease caused by insulin-dependent diabetes.
End-stage kidney disease
High blood pressure (caused by the failing kidneys)
Heart problems including pericarditis or congestive heart failure.
Pattern of inheritance ...
If your child has severe end-stage kidney disease (ESRD) that no longer responds to treatment, a kidney transplant is likely to be the best option to give her a longer and healthier life.
African-Americans are more at risk for end-stage kidney disease, for reasons that include a greater severity and frequency of hypertensive kidney disease in this population.
Stage 5 chronic kidney disease is also referred to as kidney failure, end-stage kidney disease, or end-stage renal disease, wherein there is total or near-total loss of kidney function.
The most common treatment for end-stage kidney disease is dialysis. This is the process of removing waste, excess water and chemicals (e.g., potassium, sodium, calcium and acid) from the body.
Possibly the most common cause of end-stage kidney disease, diabetic nephropathy can affect people with diabetes.
Many medical conditions are associated with restless legs syndrome, including iron deficiency, diabetes, end-stage kidney disease, Parkinson's disease, and even pregnancy.
Bardet-Biedl syndrome with end-stage kidney disease in a four-year-old Romanian boy: a case report… more…
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Acute kidney failure
Chronic kidney failure
End-stage kidney disease
High blood pressure
Congestive heart failure
Pulmonary edema
Chronic glomerulonephritis
Nephrotic syndrome ...
In some people, CKD may cause kidney failure, which is also known as established renal failure (ERF) or end-stage kidney disease. In this situation, the usual functions of the kidney stop working.
Chronic (long-term) kidney failure
Damage to the heart or nervous system
End-stage kidney disease
High blood pressure
Loss of blood in the intestines ...
Although hemodialysis may be done for acute kidney failure, it is more often employed for chronic renal disease. Hemodialysis is frequently done to treat end-stage kidney disease.
DHEA levels in the body begin to decrease after age 30, and are reported to be low in some people with anorexia, end-stage kidney disease, type 2 diabetes (non-insulin dependent diabetes), AIDS, adrenal insufficiency, and in the critically ill.
Are complications present?
Does individual have comorbid conditions needing specific treatment?
Has individual developed end-stage kidney disease?
Is individual elderly?
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Cyclosporine and other medicines can cause kidney damage. Kidney damage affects more than 25 percent of patients in the first year after transplant. Five percent of transplant patients will develop end-stage kidney disease within 7 years.
Acute nephritic syndrome is unlikely to recur, but if it does there's at least a one in three chance that an adult will develop what is known as 'end-stage kidney disease', leaving them in need of permanent dialysis or a kidney transplant.
When diabetes damages this delicate filtering system, the result is diabetic nephropathy, also called diabetic kidney disease. Severe damage can lead to kidney failure or irreversible end-stage kidney disease, ...
In addition, kidney disease results in abnormal absorption and use of iron, which is typical of AI/ACD. Because anemia worsens as kidney disease advances, nearly everyone with end-stage kidney disease has anemia.
The nephrotic syndrome can result from a number of conditions including streptococcal infection in children leading to chronic glomerulonephritis, reaction to toxins, diabetes, collagen disease, and other end-stage kidney diseases.
 See also: Kidney disease, Kidney, Symptom, Kidney Failure, High blood pressure
  
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