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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