The Urinary System

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azotemia

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The presence of excessive amounts of waste products of metabolism (nitrogenous compounds) in the blood caused by failure of the kidneys to remove urea from the blood. Characteristic of uremia.

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cystometer

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Measures baldder capacity in realtion to changing pressure.

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cystoscope

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Used to view the interior of the bladder, ureter, or kidney.

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dialysate

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Solution that contains water and electorlytes that passes through the artificial kidney to remove excess fluids and wastes from the blood; also called a "bath"

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dwell time

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Length of time dialysis solution stays in the peritoneal cavity during peritoneal dialysis

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hilum

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Depression, or pit, of an organ where the vessels and nerves enter

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pyelitis

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inflammation of renal pelvis

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enuresis

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nocturnal urinary incontinence; bedwetting

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ketonuria

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occurs as a result of uncontrolled DM, starvation; caused by rapid breakdown of fats

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hydronephrosis

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distension of the pelvis and calyces of the kidneys caused by urin that cannot flow past an obstruction in a ureter.

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nephrotic syndrome

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group of clinical symptoms occurring when damage to the glomerulus of the kidney is present and large quantities of protein are lost through the glomerular memberane into the urine, resulting in severe proteinuria; also called nephrosis

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polycystic kidney disease

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hereditary disorder of the kidneys in which grapelike, fluid filled cysts replace normal kidney tissue

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renal cell carcinoma

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malignant tumorl of the kiney occurring in adulthood

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vesicouretral reflux

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abnormal backflow of urine from the bladder of the ureter

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Wilm's tumor

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malignant tumor o fthe kidney occurring predominantly in childhood

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creatinine clearance test

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measures filtration rate of creatinine, a waste product of muscle metabolism

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cystometrography

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measuring bladder pressure during filling and voiding to evaluate bladder tone

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intravenous pyelogram

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intravenous pyelography, excretory urography

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renal angiography

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X-ray visualization of the internal anatomy of the remal blood vessels after injection of a contrast medium

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renal scan

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tracer (radioactive isotope) is injected intravenously and the readioactivity over each kidney is measured as the tracer passes through the kidney

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retrograde pyelogram

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small-caliber catheters are passed through a cystocscope into the ureters to visualise the ureters and renal pelvis

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ADH

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antidiuretic hormone

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AGN

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acute glomerular nephritis

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ARF

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acute renal failure

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BUN

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blood urea nitrogen

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CAPD

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continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis

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CCPD

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continuous cycling peritoneal dialysis

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EPO

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erythropoietin

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ESRD

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end-stage renal disease

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ESWL

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extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy

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GFR

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glomerular filtration rate

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HD

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hemodialysis

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IVP

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intravenous pyelogram

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KUB

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kidney, ureters, bladder

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pH

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potential hydrogen

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RP

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retrograde pyelogram

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sp.gr.

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specific gravity

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VCUG

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voiding cystourethrogram