Kidney disease

Definition

Kidney disease is any disease or disorder that affects the function of the kidneys. This may include:

• Acute kidney failure
• Acute nephritic syndrome
• Analgesic nephropathy
• Atheroembolic renal disease
• Chronic kidney failure
• Chronic nephritis
• Congenital nephrotic syndrome
• End-stage renal disease
• Goodpasture syndrome
• Interstitial nephritis
• Kidney cancer
• Kidney damage
• Kidney infection
• Kidney injury
• Kidney stones
• Lupus nephritis
• Membranoproliferative GN I
• Membranoproliferative GN II
• Membranous nephropathy
• Minimal change disease
• Necrotizing glomerulonephritis
• Nephroblastoma
• Nephrocalcinosis
• Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus
• Nephropathy - IgA
• Nephrosis (nephrotic syndrome)
• Polycystic kidney disease
• Post-streptococcal GN
• Reflux nephropathy
• Renal artery embolism
• Renal artery stenosis
• Renal disorders
• Renal papillary necrosis
• Renal tubular acidosis type I
• Renal tubular acidosis type II
• Renal underperfusion
• Renal vein thrombosis

Review Date: 10/15/2008
Reviewed By: Parul Patel, MD, Private Practice specializing in Nephrology and Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation, Affiliated with California Pacific Medical Center, Department of Transplantation, San Francisco, CA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

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