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- 99mTc-DMSA
- 99mTc-DTPA
- 99mTc-labeled HAG3 [investigational imaging agent]
- 99mTc-labeled MAG3
- 99mTc-MAG3
- access blood flow
- access flow measurement
- access recirculation (AR)
- ACE (angiotensin-converting enzyme)
- ACE inhibitor
- ACEI (angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor)
- acid-base homeostasis
- acidification
- acquired cystic disease [dialysis-associated cystic disease]
- acquired renal insufficiency
- Acucise® endopyelotomy [balloon] catheter - Applied Medical Resources
- Acucise endopyelotomy
- acute nephritic syndrome
- acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis (ASPGN)
- acute renal failure (ARF)
- acute tubular necrosis (ATN)
- ADPKD (autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease)
- adrenal gland
- adult-onset medullary cystic disease
- aerobic bacteria
- air embolism
- Aksys PHD™ system [investigational hemodialysis system for home use] - see MT Desk glossary entry
- Alcaligenes xylosoxidans
- ALG (antilymphocyte globulin)
- Allen-Brown shunt
- allergic interstitial nephritis
- allogenic renal transplant
- allograft dysfunction
- AlloMune™ system - see MT Desk glossary entry
- allopurinol (Zyloprim®)
- alpha1-antitrypsin
- Alport posttransplant anti-GBM disease
- Alport syndrome
- Altra Flux® hemodialyzer - Minntech, Inc.
- Altra Nova® hemodialyzer - Althin Medical, Inc.
- Altrex® hemodialyzer - Althin Medical, Inc.
- Amin-Aid [dietary supplement]
- AML (angiomyolipoma)
- amyloidosis
- anaerobic bacteria
- analgesic nephropathy
- ANCA (antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies)
- ANCA-associated glomerulonephritis
- anemia
- AngioJet® rapid thrombectomy system - see MT Desk glossary entry
- AngioJet® Rheolytic™ thrombectomy system - see MT Desk glossary entry
- angiomyolipoma (AML)
- angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE)
- angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEI)
- antegrade endopyelotomy
- anti-GMB (antiglomerular basement membrane)
- anti-MPO (antimyeloperoxidase)
- antiglomerular basement membrane (anti-GMB)
- antilymphocyte globulin (ALG)
- antimyeloperoxidase (anti-MPO)
- antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA)
- antithymocyte globulin (ATG; Atgam®)
- anuresis - [inability to produce/excrete urine]
- anuria
- anuric
- aortic plexus
- aorticorenal ganglion
- APD (automated peritoneal dialysis)
- APSGN (acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis)
- AR (access recirculation)
- Aranesp™ (darbepoetin alfa) - see MT Desk glossary entry
- ARF (acute renal failure)
- ARPKD (autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease)
- Arrow-Trerotola PTD™ - see MT Desk glossary entry
- Artegraft™ - see MT Desk glossary entry
- arterial pole of the corpuscle
- arteriograph
- arteriovenous (AV)
- arteriovenous fistula (AVF)
- Asahi dialyzers [AM and AM-K series] - Asahi Medical Co., Ltd.
- Ash Split Cath™ - Medical Components, Inc. [Medcomp®])
- Ash Split Cath™ XL - Medical Components, Inc. [Medcomp®])
- asymptomatic hematuria
- asymptomatic proteinuria
- ATG (antithymocyte globulin; Atgam®)
- Atgam® (antithymocyte globulin)
- atherosclerotic renovascular disease
- ATN (acute tubular necrosis)
- AUR (acute urinary retention)
- auramine-stained buffy coat smear - rapid diagnostic for mycobacteremia
- automated peritoneal dialysis (APD)
- autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) - [adult]
- autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD) - [childhood]
- AV (arteriovenous)
- AV fistula
- avascular necrosis
- Avastin® (bevacizumab) - see MT Desk glossary entry
- AVF (arteriovenous fistula)
- azathioprine (Imuran)
- azotemia
- bacterial infection
- bacteruria
- barbiturate
- Belzer's solution
- Bence Jones proteinuria
- Berger disease (IgA glomerulonephritis)
- Betadine solution
- BetaSorb™ - see MT Desk glossary entry
- BGF (bridge-graft fistula)
- bicarbonate (HCO3)
- Bio-Flex™ CS catheter - Medical Components, Inc. [Medcomp®])
- Bio-Flex™ Tesio® catheter - Medical Components, Inc. [Medcomp®])
- Biospal™ dialyzer - Hospal Medical, div. Gambro Healthcare
- bladder
- blood urea nitrogen (BUN)
- BMI (body mass index)
- body mass index (BMI)
- Bosniak classification of renal cystic masses found on CT ("class I [II,III, IV] lesion") - see American Family Physician - 01/15/01
- Bowman's capsule (capsula glomeruli)
- brachiosubclavian bridge graft fistula (BSGF)
- branched calculus [staghorn calculus]
- Branham sign [Nicoladoni-Branham sign]
- Brescia-Cimino fistula (nephrologists Michael J. Brescia and James E. Cimino)
- Brescia-Cimino shunt
- bridge-graft fistula (BGF)
- BTA stat® test [aids in detection of recurrent bladder cancer] - Polymedco, Inc.
- BUN (blood urea nitrogen)
- buttonhole technique; buttonhole puncture technique - see MT Desk glossary entry
- C&S (culture and sensitivity)
- cadaveric transplant
- CAHP™ hemodialyzer - Baxter Healthcare, Inc.
- Calci-Chew® - Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- Calcijex® (calcitriol injection) - Abbott Renal Care
- Calci-Mix® - Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- calciotropic hormones
- calcitriol therapy
- calcium acetate (PhosLo)
- calcium nephrolithiasis
- calcium
- calciuria
- calculus [pl. calculi]
- calyx [pl. calyces]
- c-ANCA [or cANCA, depending of reference] (cytoplasmic ANCA)
- CAPD (continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis)
- capillary flow dialyzer
- Capoten™ (captopril)
- captopril (Capoten™)
- captopril renography
- Carignan's syndrome - see MT Desk glossary entry
- Carnitor® (levocarnitine; L-carnitine) - see MT Desk glossary entry
- catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI)
- CathLink™ 20 port system with ChronoFlex® catheter - see MT Desk glossary entry
- CathTrack™ catheter locator system - see MT Desk glossary entry
- CAUTI (catheter-associated urinary tract infection)
- CAVH (continuous arteriovenous hemofiltration)
- CA® [cellulose acetate] dialyzer (models CA-170, CA-210) - Baxter Healthcare, Inc.
- CBC (complete blood count)
- CCPD (continuous cycling peritoneal dialysis)
- celiac ganglion
- celiac plexus
- CellCept® (mycophenolate mofetil [MMF]) - see MT Desk glossary entry
- central venous catheter (CVC)
- Centrysystem® 3 hemodialyzer (formerly COBE® Centrysystem™) - Gambro Renal Products
- cephalic vein
- Ceprate® TCD T-cell depletion system - see MT Desk glossary entry
- Certican™ (everolimus) - see MT Desk glossary entry
- CHAV (continuous arteriovenous hemodiafiltration)
- chlorambucil (Leukeran™)
- Cholestech L.D.X.® system - see MT Desk glossary entry
- chronic pyelonephritis
- chronic renal failure
- ChronoFlex® polyurethane catheter - Bard Access Systems
- Circle C® hemodialysis catheters - Horizon Medical Products, Inc.
- Product line includes acute dual-lumen catheters, single-lumen catheters, peritoneal catheters, and chronic catheters.
- clean-catch urine specimen
- Clirans® dialyzer - Terumo Medical Corporation, 800-283-7866
- Clot Buster® Amplatz thrombectomy device (ATD) - See MT Desk glossary entry
- co-trimoxazole (Bactrim®, Septra®, Sulfatrim®, Cotrim®)
- co-trimoxazole [syn. smx-tmp, tmp-smx, trimethoprim and sulfamethoxazole]
- Cockcroft-Gault formula/equation - see MT Desk glossary entry
- collapsing glomerulosclerosis
- collecting ducts
- computed tomography (CT)
- congenital nephrotic syndrome
- congenital polycystic disease
- constant infusion principle
- continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD)
- continuous arteriovenous hemofiltration (CAVH)
- continuous cycling peritoneal dialysis (CCPD)
- continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT)
- continuous venovenous hemodiafiltration
- continuous venovenous hemodialysis (CVVHD)
- Coombs test
- cortex
- cortical scintigraphy
- corticosteroid(s)
- Cragg thrombolytic brush - see MT Desk glossary entry
- creatinine clearance
- creatinine
- crescentic glomerulonephritis
- Crit-Line® - see MT Desk glossary entry
- CRRT (continuous renal replacement therapy)
- cryoglobulinemia
- CryoVein® SG tissue-engineered vascular graft - CryoLife, Inc.
- incorporates SynerGraft™ technology
- CsA (cyclosporin A)
- CT (computed tomography)
- CT® dialyzer - Baxter Healthcare, Inc.
- culture and sensitivity (C&S)
- CVC (central venous catheter)
- CVVHD (continuous venovenous hemodialysis)
- cyclophosphamide (Cytoxan®, Neosar®)
- cyclosporine (Sandimmune®)
- cyclosporin A (CsA)
- CycloTech™ cyclosporine delivery system - see MT Desk glossary entry
- cystic renal dysplasia
- cystine stones
- cystinuria
- cytoplasmic ANCA (c-ANCA, cANCA)
- Cytovene® (oral ganciclovir) - see MT Desk glossary entry
- daclizumab (Zenapax®) - see MT Desk glossary entry
- DDD (dense-deposit disease)
- de novo
- de novo posttransplant glomerulonephritis
- dense-deposit disease (DDD)
- DGS (diabetic glomerulosclerosis)
- diabetes insipidus
- diabetes mellitus
- diabetic glomerulosclerosis (DGS)
- diabetic nephropathy (DN)
- DiaCan™ fistula needle(s) - B. Braun Medical Inc. (U.S.)
- Dialock™ system - for vascular access [investigational] - see MT Desk glossary entry
- Dialog dialysis system - B. Braun Medical Inc. (U.S.)
- dialysate leak
- dialysate
- dialysis amyloidosis
- Dialysis Outcome Quality Initiative (DOQI)
- dialysis-associated cystic disease - [acquired cystic disease]
- dialytic therapy
- Dialyvite®, Dialyvite® 800 - Hillestad Labs
- Diapact™ CRRT system - B. Braun Medical Inc. (U.S.)
- Diatx™ [Rx renal vitamin supplement] - Pan American Laboratories (Pamlab)
- DiatxFe™ [Rx renal vitamin and iron supplement] - Pan American Laboratories (Pamlab)
- diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (DTPA)
- differential renal function test
- diffuse mesangial sclerosis [infantile nephrotic syndrome]
- dilution technique [for access flow measurement]
- dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA)
- diminished renal reserve
- direct Coombs test
- distal splenorenal shunt (DSRS)
- diuretic(s)
- DMSA (dimercaptosuccinic acid)
- DN (diabetic nephropathy)
- DOQI (Dialysis Outcome Quality Initiative) guidelines
- DPI (dietary protein intake)
- Dornier lithotripter - Dornier Medical Systems, Inc.
- DR antigens
- Drash syndrome
- Dri-Sate™ dry acid mix [dialysate product] - Rockwell Medical Technologies
- DRYalysate™ - see MT Desk glossary entry
- DSRS (distal splenorenal shunt)
- DTPA (diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid)
- Duo-Coat™ dual-lumen catheter - Medical Components, Inc. [Medcomp®])
- Duo-Flow™ dual-lumen catheter - Medical Components, Inc. [Medcomp®]
- DuraGraft™ vascular access graft [investigational] - CardioTech International
- dwell time
- dwell volume(s)
- Dynepo™ (gene-activated erythropoietin) - see MT Desk glossary entry
- dyslipidemia
- dysproteinemia
- E. coli H:0157
- Econolith® lithotripter - Medispec Ltd.
- ectopic kidney(s)
- effective renal plasma flow (ERPF)
- effector system
- EHL (electrohydraulic lithotripsy)
- electrohydraulic lithotripsy (EHL)
- Emit® 2000 cyclosporine specific assay - see MT Desk glossary entry
- EMS Swiss Lithoclast intracorporeal lithotripter - Electro Medical Systems, SA
- enalapril
- endopyelotomy
- end-organ disease
- end-stage renal disease (ESRD)
- enPCR (equilibrated nPCR; equilibrated normalized protein catabolic rate)
- EPL (extracorporeal piezoelectric lithotripter)
- epoetin alfa (Epogen®)
- Epogen® (epoetin alfa) - see Amgen package insert
- ERPF (effective renal plasma flow)
- erythrocyturia
- erythropoietin
- ESRD (end-stage renal disease)
- ESWL (extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy)
- ESWT (extracorporeal shock wave therapy) - see MT Desk glossary entry
- ethylene glycol
- extracapillary lesions
- extracellular fluid volume
- extracellular volume
- extracorporeal piezoelectric lithotripter (EPL)
- extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL)
- extracorporeal therapy
- Extraneal™ (7.5% icodextrin) peritoneal dialysis solution - see MT Desk glossary entry
- familial juvenile nephronophthisis
- familial nephrogenic diabetes
- fascia renalis [Gerota's fascia]
- Fasturtec® (rasburicase) - see MT Desk glossary entry
- Ferrimin 150 - Hillestad Labs
- ferritin
- Ferrlecit® (sodium ferric gluconate complex in sucrose injection) - see MT Desk glossary entry
- FGS (focal glomerulosclerosis)
- fibrillary glomerulopathy
- fibrin sheath
- Filtryzer™ dialyzer - Toray Industries Inc.
- fluid-electrolyte disturbance
- focal glomerulosclerosis (FGS)
- focal segmental glomerulonephritis (FSGN)
- focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS)
- Folex® PFS (methotrexate)
- Foley catheter
- Fosrenol™ (lanthanum carbonate; f.k.a. Lambda, Foznol™) - see MT Desk glossary entry
- Fossa Stone Sweeper™ (Fossa Medical) - see MT Desk glossary entry
- Fresenius hemodialyzer - Fresenius Medical Care
- FSGN (focal segmental glomerulonephritis)
- FSGS (focal segmental glomerulosclerosis)
- fulminant disease
- Fuhrman grade [1-4] renal cell carcinoma
- fungal infection
- Gambro hemodialyzer(s) - Gambro Healthcare
- Gambro Lundia dialyzer - Gambro Healthcare
- Gambro Polyflex hemodialyzer - Gambro Healthcare
- Gazelle balloon dilatation catheter - see MT Desk glossary entry
- Genestone 190 lithotripter - see MT Desk glossary entry
- Gerota's fascia [fascia renalis]
- GFR (glomerular filtration rate)
- GloFil-125 (sodium iothalamate I-125 injection) - see MT Desk glossary entry
- glomerular filtration rate (GFR)
- glomerular syndromes
- glomerular tip lesion
- glomerulonephritis
- glomerulopathy [pl. glomerulopathies]
- glomerulosclerosis
- glomerulus [pl. glomeruli]
- glucocorticoid
- Goodpasture syndrome
- Gore-Tex® - W.L. Gore & Associates
- Gore-Tex® graft vein interposition
- Greene renal implant stent sets - Cook Urological
- Groshong® catheter - Bard Access Systems
- HAG3 (hydroxyacetyltriglycine) [investigational imaging agent]
- haploidentical
- haplotype
- HCO3 (bicarbonate)
- Hectorol™ (doxercalciferol) capsules, injection - see MT Desk glossary entry
- Hemo-Cath® catheter - Medical Components, Inc. [Medcomp®]
- hemodiafiltration
- hemodialysis
- hemodialyzer
- hemolysis
- hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS)
- hemorrhagic cystitis
- Henoch-Schonlein purpura
- hepatitis C
- HetaCool™ [investigational organ preservation agent] - BioTime, Inc.
- Hickman® catheter - Bard Access Systems
- high flux dialyzer
- hilus
- Hippuran® I 123 [123I] - Mallinckrodt
- Hippuran® I 131 [131I] - Mallinckrodt
- HLA (human lymphocyte antigens)
- HLA-A, HLA-B, HLA-C, HLA-D, HLA-DR
- examples: HLA-B8, HLA-B27, HLA-C8, HLA-DR2, HLA-DRw10
- Hohn® catheter - Bard Access Systems
- hollow fiber capillary dialyzer
- hollow fiber dialyzer
- Home Choice™ automated PD [peritoneal dialysis] system - Baxter Healthcare
- horseshoe kidney
- Hospal® Biospal™ dialyzer - Hospal Medical, div. Gambro Healthcare
- human leukocyte antigens
- human lymphocyte antigens (HLA)
- Hurwitz dialysis catheter - Gish Biomedical
- HUS (hemolytic-uremic syndrome)
- Hybrid Capture® CMV DNA test - see MT Desk glossary entry
- hydronephrosis
- hydroxyacetyltriglycine (HAG3) [investigational imaging agent]
- hypercalcemia
- hypercalciuria
- hyperkalemia
- hyperlipidemia
- hyperphosphatemia
- hypersthenuria
- hypertension
- hypocalcemia
- hypocomplementemia
- hyponatremia
- hypophosphatemia
- hypoplasia
- hypoplastic kidney
- hyposthenuria
- hypotension
- hypovolemia
- IDDM (insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus; type 1 diabetes)
- idiopathic crescentic necrotizing glomerulonephritis
- idiopathic glomerular diseases
- idiopathic membranous nephropathy
- IgA (immunoglobulin A)
- IgA glomerulonephritis [Berger disease]
- IgA nephropathy
- IgG (immunoglobulin G)
- immune complex disease(s)
- immune complex-mediated glomerulonephritis
- immunofluorescence study
- immunofluorescence
- immunoglobulin A (IgA)
- immunoglobulin G (IgG)
- immunoperoxidase study
- immunosuppressant
- immunosuppressive therapy
- immunotactoid glomerulopathy
- Impra graft - C. R. Bard, Inc.
- Impra Venaflo™ vascular graft - Impra, Inc., div. of C.R. Bard
- Imuran® (azathioprine)
- indirect Coombs test
- infantile nephrotic syndrome [diffuse mesangial sclerosis]
- INFeD® (iron dextran injection) - monograph (Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc.)
- inferior vena cava
- inflow
- insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM; type 1 diabetes)
- intercapillary glomerulosclerosis [Kimmelstiel-Wilson disease; nodular glomerulosclerosis]
- intermittent peritoneal dialysis (IPD)
- interstitial disease
- interstitial nephritis
- interstitium
- intra-access blood flow
- intracorporeal lithotripter
- intravenous pyelogram (IVP)
- intravenous urography (IVU)
- intrinsic renal failure
- IPD (intermittent peritoneal dialysis)
- ipsilateral arm
- ipsilateral vascular access
- iron
- isograft [syngeneic transplantation]
- isosthenuria
- IVP (intravenous pyelogram)
- IVU (intravenous urography)
- Jeliffe formula/equation [to calculate renal function/estimate creatinine clearance]
- Kaye tamponade balloon - see MT Desk glossary entry
- kidney(s), ureter(s), bladder (KUB)
- KidneyScreen At Home™ - see MT Desk glossary entry
- Kimmelstiel-Wilson disease [nodular glomerulosclerosis; intercapillary glomerulosclerosis]
- Krivitski Method™ - relates to access flow measurement by dilution technique
- Kt/V - see additional information
- KUB (kidney(s), ureter(s), bladder)
- Kwart® Retro-Inject™ & Kwart AQ® Retro-Inject™ stent sets - Cook Urological
- laparoscopic nephropexy
- laparoscopic pyeloplasty
- L-carnitine (levocarnitine [Carnitor®]) Leukeran™ (chlorambucil)
- levocarnitine (Carnitor®) - see MT Desk glossary entry
- lienorenal ligament [splenorenal ligament]
- LifeJet™ chronic dialysis catheter - see MT Desk glossary entry
- LifeSite™ hemodialysis [venous access] system - see MT Desk glossary entry
- line of Toldt
- lipoid nephrosis [minimal-change disease]
- lithium
- Lithospec™ intracorporeal lithotripter - see MT Desk glossary entry
- Lithostar® lithotripter product line - Siemens Medical Systems USA
- Lithostar® multiline lithotripter system - see MT Desk glossary entry
- lithotripter
- loop of Henle
- LSe Kwart Retro-Inject™ stent sets - Cook Urological
- LT.01® lithotripter - see MT Desk glossary entry
- LT.02® piezoelectric lithotripter - see MT Desk glossary entry
- lupus nephritis
- lymphomatous infiltration
- MAG3 (mercaptoacetyltriglycine)
- Magnacal® [nutritional supplement] - Mead Johnson
- magnesium
- magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
- major calyces
- MCA™ hemodialyzer - Althin Medical, Inc.
- MCD (minimal-change disease)
- MCGN (minimal-change glomerulonephritis)
- medication-induced allograft dysfunction
- Mediterranean fever
- Medstone STS® lithotripter - see MT Desk glossary entry
- Medstone STS-T® transportable lithotripsy system - see MT Desk glossary entry
- medulla
- medullary sponge kidney
- membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN)
- membranous glomerulonephritis (MGN) - rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis
- membranous nephropathy
- membranous nephropathy
- mercaptoacetyltriglycine (MAG3)
- mesangial disease
- mesangial IgG deposition
- mesangiocapillary glomerulonephritis (type I MPGN)
- mesangioproliferative glomerulonephritis (MESGN)
- mesangium
- MESGN (mesangioproliferative glomerulonephritis)
- metabolic acidosis
- metabolic alkalosis
- metanephric mesoderm
- metanephric tubules
- methanol
- methotrexate (Folex® PFS, Rheumatrex®)
- methylprednisolone (Solu-Medrol®)
- MGN (membranous glomerulonephritis)
- MHD (maintenance hemodialysis)
- microabuminuria
- microangiopathic hemolytic anemia
- microscopic polyarteritis
- minimal-change disease (MCD) [lipoid nephrosis]
- minimal-change glomerulonephritis (MCGN)
- minor calyces
- mixed cryoglobulinemia
- MMF (mycophenolate mofetil) - see CellCept
- monoclonal antibody
- More-Flow™ hemodialysis catheter - AngioDynamics
- MPGN (membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis)
- MPO (myeloperoxidase)
- MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)
- multiple myeloma
- mupirocin ointment
- muromonab-CD3 (Orthoclone® OKT3)
- mycobacteria
- mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) - see CellCept®
- myeloperoxidase (MPO)
- nail-patella syndrome [osteo-onychodysplasia]
- necrotizing glomerulonephritis
- Neoral® (cyclosporine for microemulsion) - see MT Desk glossary entry
- NeoSoft™ nephrostomy drainage catheter - Medical Device Technologies, Inc.
- Neostar™ hemodialysis catheters - Horizon Medical Products (HMP), Inc.
- nephrectomy
- nephritic syndrome (glomerulonephritic syndrome)
- nephritis
- Nephrocaps® [Rx vitamin supplement] - Fleming & Company
- nephrolithiasis
- nephron(s)
- nephronophthisis-uremic medullary cystic disease (UMCD)
- nephronophthisis
- nephropathy
- nephropexy
- nephroptosis
- nephrosis
- nephrostomy
- nephrostomy balloon catheter
- nephrotic syndrome
- Nephro-Calci® - Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- Nephro-Fer® - Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- Nephro-Vite® - Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- NESP (novel erythropoiesis stimulating protein) [investigational therapeutic agent] - Amgen
- Niagara™ temporary dialysis catheter - Bard Access Systems
- Nicoladoni-Branham sign [Branham sign]
- NIDDM (non–insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus; type 2 diabetes)
- nodular glomerulosclerosis [intercapillary glomerulosclerosis; Kimmelstiel-Wilson disease]
- non–insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM; type 2 diabetes)
- nonspecific urethritis
- nonstreptococcal acute glomerulonephritis
- novel erythropoiesis stimulating protein (NESP) [investigational therapeutic agent] - Amgen
- nPCR (normalized protein catabolic rate)
- nPNA (normalized PNA; normalized protein equivalent of nitrogen appearance) nutcracker syndrome/phenomenon (left renal vein hypertension)
- Nutropin® (somatropin [rDNA] origin for injection) - see MT Desk glossary entry
- Nyotran™ - see MT Desk glossary entry
- obliterative diabetic glomerulosclerosis
- obstruction of outflow
- obstructive renal failure
- occult renal disease
- oligoanuric renal failure
- oliguria
- oliguric acute renal failure
- omentectomy; omentumectomy
- open pyeloplasty
- Opti-Flow™ catheter - see Vas-Cath® Opti-Flow™
- Opti-Plast™ XT balloon catheter - see SAXX renal stent delivery system
- OPTN (Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network)
- Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN)
- Orthoclone® OKT3 (muromonab-CD3)
- outflow obstruction
- outflow
- p-ANCA [or pANCA, depending of reference] (perinuclear ANCA)
- papillae
- papillary necrosis
- parallel flow dialyzer
- parallel plate dialyzer
- pararenal fat
- parasitic infection
- parathyroid hormone (PTH)
- PAS (periodic acid-Schiff) stain
- pauci-immune glomerulonephritis
- PCNL (percutaneous nephrolithotomy)
- PCO2
- PCR (protein catabolic rate)
- percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL)
- percutaneous nephrostolithotomy
- percutaneous nephrostomy
- percutaneous renal biopsy
- perihilar glomerulosclerosis
- perinephric abscess
- perinuclear ANCA (p-ANCA, pANCA)
- periodic acid-Schiff stain
- perirenal fat
- peritoneal dialysis-associated peritonitis
- peritoneal dialysis
- peritoneal equilibration test (PET)
- peritoneal membrane
- peritonitis
- Perma-Seal® dialysis access graft - see MT Desk glossary entry
- PermCath® dual-lumen catheter - Kendall
- PET (peritoneal equilibration test) - to assess peritoneal transport characteristics in CAPD patients
- PET (positron emission tomography)
- pH
- PHD™ (personal hemodialysis) system - see Aksys PHD™ system and MT Desk glossary entry
- Pheres-Flow® triple-lumen apheresis catheter - Horizon Medical Products, Inc.
- phosphorus
- piezoelectric
- PIGN (postinfectious glomerulonephritis)
- PiM (protein inhibitor type M)
- pimagedine - see MT Desk glossary entry
- PiZ (protein inhibitor type Z)
- plasmapheresis
- PNA (protein equivalent of nitrogen appearance)
- pneumopyelograph
- podocytes
- polychondritis
- polyclonal antibody
- polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)
- polyurethane, pail handle, coiled tip peritoneal dialysis catheters
- polyuria
- Ponticelli protocol (corticosteroids and chlorambucil) - related to treatment of nephrotic syndrome [Medline]
- Pourchez XpressO™ hemodialysis catheter - see MT Desk glossary entry
- positron emission tomography (PET)
- postinfectious glomerulonephritis (PIGN)
- postinfectious glomerulopathy
- postrenal azotemia
- poststreptococcal (proliferative) glomerulonephritis
- posttransplant polycythemia
- potasium excretion
- prednisolone
- prerenal azotemia
- Primus® hemodialyzer (models 1000, 1350, 2000) - Minntech Corporation
- Prisma® CRRT system - Gambro Renal Products
- Procrit® (epoetin alfa; erythropoietin) - Ortho Biotech, div. of Johnson & Johnson
- Prograf® (tacrolimus; FK506) - see MT Desk glossary entry
- prostaglandins
- prostatitis
- protein inhibitor type M (PiM)
- protein inhibitor type Z (PiZ)
- proteinuria
- PSN™ [polysynthane] hemodialyzer - Baxter Healthcare, Inc.
- PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene)
- PTFE graft
- PTH (parathyroid hormone
- ptotic kidney
- Pulsalith® lithotripter - see MT Desk glossary entry
- pyelogram
- pyelography
- pyelonephritis
- pyelonephrosis
- pyeloplasty
- pyonephritis
- pyonephrolithiasis
- pyonephrosis
- pyonephrotic
- Pyridorin™, Pyridorin™ XR - see MT Desk glossary entry
- Qb - blood flow [Q = flow rate; b = blood]
- Quantum PD™ night exchange system - Baxter Healthcare
- Quinton® catheters - enter Quinton in Kendall catalog search
- radioisotope renal excretion test
- radionuclide cystography (RNC)
- radionuclide scan
- radiopharmaceutical study
- Rapamune® (sirolimus, formerly rapamycin) - see MT Desk glossary entry
- rapamycin - former generic name, now sirolimus (Rapamune®)
- rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis (RPGN)
- reduced GFR
- reflux nephropathy
- relapsing polychondritis
- Release-NF™ catheter - see MT Desk glossary entry
- RenaClear™ dialyzer cleaning system - see MT Desk glossary entry
- Renagel® (sevelamer HCl) - see MT Desk glossary entry
- renal ablation glomerulopathy
- renal agenesis
- renal arteriography
- renal artery
- renal biopsy
- renal circulation imaging [angiography]
- renal colic
- renal columns of Bertin
- renal corpuscle
- renal cortex
- renal dysplasia
- renal failure
- renal fascia
- renal flares
- renal function test
- renal hilum
- renal infarction
- renal insufficiency
- renal interstitium
- renal lobes
- renal medulla
- renal osteodystrophy
- renal papilla
- renal plexus
- renal pyramid(s)
- renal scintigraphy
- renal sinus
- renal sodium excretion
- renal trauma
- renal tubular acidosis (RTA)
- type 1 [distal]
- type 2 [proximal]
- type 4 [generalized]
- renal tubular defects
- renal ultrasound
- renal underperfusion
- renal vein
- renal-limited glomerulonephritis
- renal-retinal dysplasia
- Rena-Vite [vitamin/mineral supplement] - Cypress Pharmaceutical
- Renax® [vitamin/mineral supplement] - Everett Laboratories
- Re/Neph™ [OTC dietary supplement, liquid & cookies] - Benoit Total Care, L.L.C.
- renin
- renin production
- renovascular hypertension
- respiratory acidosis
- respiratory alkalosis
- retrograde ureteroscopic endopyelotomy
- Rheumatrex® (methotrexate)
- rickettsial infection
- RNC (radionuclide cystography)
- Robson stage [I-IV] renal cell carcinoma
- Rocaltrol® (calcitriol) - see MT Desk glossary entry
- RPGN (rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis) [membranous glomerulonephritis]
- RTA (renal tubular acidosis)
- salicylate
- Sandimmune® (cyclosporine)
- SangCya™ (cyclosporine oral solution) - Product recalled; see MT Desk glossary entry
- SAXX™ renal stent delivery system - C. R. Bard
- includes SAXX™ renal stent and Opti-Plast™ XT balloon catheter
- Schwartz formula/equation [to calculate renal function/estimate creatinine clearance]
- SDNS (steroid-dependent nephrotic syndrome)
- secondary membranous disease
- Seldinger approach
- semipermeable membrane
- serum albumin
- serum iron and ferritin
- serum iron
- serum phosphorus
- shock wave lithotripsy (SWL)
- Silastic catheter
- Silver impregnation stain(s)
- Silver stain
- Simulect® (basiliximab) - see MT Desk glossary entry
- single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)
- sirolimus (Rapamune®) - see MT Desk glossary entry
- Sjögren syndrome [Sjogren]
- Slow/Stop Flow Recirculation® method
- small-vessel vasculitis
- sodium iothalamate I-125 injection - see MT Desk glossary entry
- Soft-Cell™ catheter - see Vas-Cath® Soft-Cell™
- Solera™ thrombectomy catheter - see MT Desk glossary entry
- Solu-Medrol® (methylprednisolone)
- solute
- Sonolith 3000® and 4000+® lithotripters - see MT Desk glossary entry
- Sonolith® Praktis™ lithotripter - see MT Desk glossary entry
- SPECT (single photon emission computed tomography)
- Spectrum™ silicone Foley catheter - see MT Desk glossary entry
- splanchnic congestion
- splanchnic nerves
- splenorenal ligament [lienorenal ligament]
- splenorenal recess
- split function
- split renal function test
- SRI (solute removal index); SRIs (solute removal indices)
- SRNS (steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome)
- staghorn calculus [branched calculus]
- Staphylococcus aureus
- Staphylococcus epidermidis
- StatLock® Dialysis [dialysis catheter securement device] - Venetec International
- StatLock® Foley [Foley catheter securement device] - Venetec International
- steal syndrome
- SteriLyte™ liquid bicarbonate [dialysate product] - Rockwell Medical Technologies
- steroid-dependent nephrotic syndrome (SDNS)
- steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome (SRNS)
- Stone Sweeper™ - see MT Desk glossary entry
- superior mesenteric plexus
- Suplena® [nutritional supplement] - Ross Products, div. of Abbott Laboratories
- Swiss Lithoclast lithotripter - Electro Medical Systems, SA
- SWL (shock wave lithotripsy)
- syngeneic transplantation (isograft)
- systemic sclerosis
- tacrolimus (Prograf®)
- Talon™ balloon dilatation catheter - see MT Desk glossary entry
- Tc (technetium)
- TechneScan® DMSA
- TechneScan® DTPA
- TechneScan® MAG3
- technetium (Tc)
- technetium mercaptoacetythiglycine
- technetium pentetic acid
- technetium pertechnetate (99mTc)
- Tenckhoff™ catheter - Bard Access Systems
- Terumo Clirans® dialyzer - Terumo Medical Corporation, 800-283-7866
- Tesio® catheter - Medical Components, Inc. [Medcomp®]
- theophylline
- third spacing - see Current Medical Terminology [HPI]
- third spacing of fluids
- Thrombex PMT (percutaneous mechanical thrombectomy) system - see MT Desk glossary entry
- thrombocytopenia
- Thymoglobulin® - see MT Desk glossary entry
- Toray Filtryzer™ dialyzer - Toray Industries Inc.
- TQa™ (transcutaneous access flow) device - see MT Desk glossary entry
- transcatheter embolization
- transversalis fascia
- tubular defect
- tubular necrosis
- tubular sodium transport
- tubules
- tubulointerstitial nephritis
- twin-coil dialyzer
- type II MPGN - dense-deposit disease (DDD)
- ultrasonography
- ultrasound dilution technique [for access flow measurement]
- ultrasound velocity dilution
- UMCD (nephronophthisis-uremic medullary cystic disease)
- UMCD complex
- United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS)
- UNOS (United Network for Organ Sharing)
- urate nephrolithiasis
- urea clearance
- urea reduction ratio (URR)
- uremic acidosis
- ureter
- ureteral reflux
- ureteral vesical reflux
- urethra
- urinalysis
- urinary tract infection (UTI)
- urinary tract obstruction
- urography
- URR (urea reduction ratio)
- USRDS (United States Renal Data System)
- UTI (urinary tract infection)
- VacuLink™ vascular access graft [investigational] - CardioTech International
- vacuolization of renal tubules
- VAG (vascular access graft)
- Vas-Cath® catheter - Bard Access Systems
- Vas-Cath® Flexxicon II™ catheter - Bard Access Systems
- Vas-Cath® Opti-Flow™ long-term dual-lumen hemodialysis catheter - Bard Access Systems
- Vas-Cath® Soft-Cell™ catheter - Bard Access Systems
- VascuLink™ vascular access graft (investigational) - see MT Desk glossary entry
- Vascu-Sheath™ introducer - Medical Components, Inc. [Medcomp®]
- vascular access thrombosis
- Vaxcel™ dialysis catheter - see MT Desk glossary entry
- VCUG (vesicoureterogram; voiding cystourethrogram)
- Vectra™ VAG - see MT Desk glossary entry
- Venaflo™ vascular graft - Impra, div. of C.R.Bard
- Venofer® (iron sucrose injection) - see MT Desk glossary entry
- venous port
- venovenous hemodialysis
- vesicoureterogram (VCUG)
- vesicoureteric reflux (VUR)
- ViaSpan® organ preservation solution (a.k.a. Belzer UW or UW) - Barr Laboratories
- viral infections
- voiding cystourethrogram (VCUG)
- volume overload
- VUR (vesicoureteric reflux)
- washout curve
- washout phase
- Wegener granulomatosis
- Wegener syndrome
- xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis
- xenogeneic transplantation [xenotransplant]
- XenoMune™ system [investigational] - BioTransplant Inc.
- xenotransplant [xenogeneic transplantation]
- xenotransplantation - see MT Desk glossary entry
- Xpeedior™ catheter - see MT Desk glossary entry
- XTD™ thrombectomy catheter - see MT Desk glossary entry
- Zemplar™ (paricalcitol injection)- see MT Desk glossary entry
- Zenapax® (daclizumab) - see MT Desk glossary entry
- Zyloprim® (allopurinol)
