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| ketone bodies (acids and acetones) |
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benign prostatic hypertrophy,
benign prostatic hyperplasia |
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| catheterization, catheter |
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| Abbreviation: SG, sp. gr. |
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| transurethral resection of the prostate |
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| voiding cystourethrography |
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| type of nephritis (kidney infection) in which the glomeruli are the key structures affected |
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| inflammation of the bladder caused by bacterial infection, commonly coexistingwith bacterial urethritis, both together constitute a UTI (or bladder infection) |
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| chronic glomerulonephritis |
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condition in which the glomeruli suffer gradual, progressive, destructive changes, with resulting loss of kidney function
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| kidney disease associated with diabetes that results in inflammation, degeneration and sclerosis of the kidneys |
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| abnormal secretions of large amounts of urine |
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| end stage renal disease (ESRD) |
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| final phase of kidney disease |
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| involuntary urination during sleep |
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| need to urinate more often than normal |
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| condition in which the renal pelvis and calyces become distended and dialated and begin to atrophy due to urine outflow obstruction |
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| chronic inflammatory condition of the bladder lining not caused by infection or other indentified pathology |
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| pathological changes in renal tissue that destroy nephrons and impair kidney function |
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| uncommon disorder marked by massive proteinuria, edema, hypoalbuminemia (low blood albumin), hyperlipidemia (high blood lipids), and hypercoagulability (high tendency to form blood clots) |
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| bladder dysfunction (retetion, incontinence or altered capacity) due to disease or injury of the CNS or certain peripheral nerves |
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| narrowing or sricture of the foreskin opening of the penis |
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| polycystic kidney disease (PKD) |
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| group of hereditary, progressive disorders in which cysts (small sacs of fluid) form in the kidney's eventually destroying them |
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| inflammation in infection caused by bacterial growth in the renal pelvis and kidney |
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| small stone, composed of mineral salts, that may obstruct portions of kidney's or a ureter (kidney stones) |
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| severe, intermittent pain caused by spasms of the ureter |
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| acute or chronic failure of the kidneys to effectively eliminate fluids or wastes from the body |
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| involuntary urine leakage upon physical stress, such as a cough or a sneeze |
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| renal failure caused by acute injury to the renal tubules |
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| increased level of urea or other wastes in the blood |
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| need to urinate immediately |
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| urinary tract infection (UTI) |
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| inflammation and infection caused by bacterial growth in the urinary tract, usually the bladder |
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| vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) |
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| abnormal flow of urine form the bladder back into the ureter |
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| rapidly growing type of kidney cancer that most commonly affects children (nephroblastoma) |
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| total urine excreted over 24 hours, collected of analysis |
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| bladder ultrasound (bladder scan) |
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| noninvasive use of a portable ultrasound device to measure the amount of retained urine |
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| blood urea nitrogen (BUN) |
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| lab value used to measure kidney function, based on nitrogen levels in the blood |
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| culture and sensitivity (C&S) |
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| process of growing microorganisms, then exposing them to antimicrobial drugs to determine which ones kill them the most effectively |
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| visual examination of the bladder lining with a cystoscope |
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| extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy |
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| procedure in which shock waves or sound waves crush stones in the kidneys or urinary tract |
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filtration of wastes and fluid from blood as it passes through selectively permeable membranes
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| Intravenous pyelogram (IVP) |
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| x-ray examination of the kidneys, ureters and bladder after injection of a contract medium |
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| radiological imaging (x-ray) of the abdomen, specifically the kidneys, ureters and bladder |
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| filtration of fliud and wastes from the blood using the lining of the patient's peritoneal cavity as a dialyzing membrane |
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| lab value used to measure kidney function that is more specific than a BUN |
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| visual and microscopic analysis of a urine specimen |
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| insertion of a tube into the bladder via the urethra to drain urine, obtain a urice specimen, or instill medication |
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