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The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) conducts and supports research on many of the most serious diseases affecting public health. The Institute supports much of the clinical research on the diseases of internal medicine and related subspecialty fields, as ...
A vibration or buzz that can be felt in an arteriovenous fistula, an indication that blood is flowing through the fistula.
Industry:Health care
A person who gives blood, tissue, or an organ for transplantation. In kidney transplantation, the donor may be someone who is still alive, often a relative, or someone who has just died. See transplant.
Industry:Health care
The basin into which the urine formed by the kidneys is excreted before it travels to the ureters and bladder.
Industry:Health care
A measurement that compares the amount of albumin with the amount of creatinine in a urine sample. A patient has chronic kidney disease if the UACR is over 30 milligrams (mg) of albumin for each gram (g) of creatinine (30 mg/g).
Industry:Health care
In dialysis, the process by which fluid from the blood passes through a semipermeable membrane into a dialysis solution. In peritoneal dialysis, UF is measured as the volume of solution drained at the end of an exchange minus the volume of solution filled at the beginning of the exchange.
Industry:Health care
A test that measures how efficiently the kidneys remove creatinine from the blood. Low creatinine clearance indicates impaired kidney function.
Industry:Health care
A form of peritoneal dialysis that does not need a machine. With CAPD, the blood is always being filtered. The dialysis solution passes from a plastic bag through a catheter and into the abdomen. The dialysis solution stays in the abdomen with the catheter sealed. After several hours, the person using CAPD drains the solution back into a disposable bag. Then the person refills the abdomen with fresh solution through the same catheter to begin the filtering process again.
Industry:Health care
The tube that carries urine from the bladder to the outside of the body.
Industry:Health care
The rate at which the kidneys filter wastes and extra fluid from the blood, measured in milliliters per minute.
Industry:Health care
In dialysis, the point on the body where a needle or catheter is inserted. See arteriovenous fistula, graft, and vascular access and catheter.
Industry:Health care
