• Kidney Care Vocabulary

Understanding some key words can be useful when you are learning about kidney disease. Here is a glossary of terms that can help you expand your kidney care knowledge.

a

Arteriovenous fistula

c

Chronic Kidney Disease Creatinine

d

Dialysis Dialysis diet

e

End stage renal disease Erythropoietin

f

Fistula

g

GFR calculator Glomerular filtration rate Glomeruli Graft

h

Hemodialysis High blood pressure Home dialysis Home hemodialysis Hypertension

k

Kidney Kidney biopsy Kidney diet Kidney disease Kidney donor Kidney failure Kidney function Kidney transplant Kidney transplantation Kidney ultrasound Kidney-friendly foods

n

Nephron

p

Peritoneal dialysis Phosphorus Polycystic kidney disease Potassium

r

Renal diet Renal failure Renal-friendly foods

s

Stage 5 CKD Symptoms of kidney disease

v

Vascular access

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