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MeSH Heading: Kidney Failure, Chronic
Tree Number(s): C12.050.351.968.419.780.750.500; C12.200.777.419.780.750.500; C12.950.419.780.750.500; C23.550.291.500.906.500
Unique ID: D007676
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007676
Annotation: RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC is also available
Scope Note: The end-stage of CHRONIC RENAL INSUFFICIENCY. It is characterized by the severe irreversible kidney damage (as measured by the level of PROTEINURIA) and the reduction in GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE to less than 15 ml per min (Kidney Foundation: Kidney Disease Outcome Quality Initiative, 2002). These patients generally require HEMODIALYSIS or KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION.
Entry Term(s): Chronic Kidney Failure; ESRD; End-Stage Kidney Disease; End-Stage Renal Disease; Renal Disease, End-Stage; Renal Failure, Chronic; Renal Failure, End-Stage
See Also: Renal Dialysis; Uremia
Public MeSH Note: 67
History Note: 67(66)
Date Established: 1967/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2021/06/07

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0012016
Scope Note: The end-stage of CHRONIC RENAL INSUFFICIENCY. It is characterized by the severe irreversible kidney damage (as measured by the level of PROTEINURIA) and the reduction in GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE to less than 15 ml per min (Kidney Foundation: Kidney Disease Outcome Quality Initiative, 2002). These patients generally require HEMODIALYSIS or KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION.
Terms: Kidney Failure, Chronic Preferred Term
Term UI T023054
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1966); Renal Failure, Chronic
Term UI T023055
Date03/30/1974
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); End-Stage Kidney Disease
Term UI T023056
Date10/01/1991
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1993); ESRD
Term UI T023057
Date01/09/1992
LexicalTag ABB
ThesaurusID NLM (1993); End-Stage Renal Disease
Term UI T023059
Date10/01/1991
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1993); Renal Disease, End-Stage
Term UI T023060
Date10/01/1991
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1993); Renal Failure, End-Stage
Term UI T023061
Date10/01/1991
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1993); Chronic Kidney Failure
Term UI T630108
Date02/09/2005
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2006)

Kidney Failure, Chronic MeSH Descriptor Data 2025