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renal

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Blood Urea Nitrogen (BUN)   Nitrogen, in the form of urea, in the blood  
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Creatinine   A component of urine and the final product of creatine catabolism  
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Creatinine clearance test   A mathematical calculation of the total amount of creatinine excreted in the urine over a period of time, usually 24 hours to test renal failure  
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Cystoscopy   The inspection of the interior of the bladder by means of an endoscope  
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Intravenous pyelogram (Intravenous urogram)   Radiography of kidneys, ureters, and bladder following injection of contrast medium into a peripheral vein  
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Kidneys-Ureter-Bladder (KUB)   X-ray of the abdomen to visualize kidneys, ureters, and bladder  
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Renal angiogram   Radiography of vessels in the kidneys after the injection of a radiopaque contrast material  
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Renal arteriogram   Visualization of an artery or arteries of the kidneys by x-ray imaging after injection of a radiopaque contrast medium  
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Retrograde pyelogram (urogram)   Radiography of the urinary tract following injection of contrast medium directly into the bladder, ureter, or renal pelvis  
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Scout film   A radiograph exposed before contrast medium is given, such as the preliminary film for an angiogram, urogram, or barium-contrast gastrointestinal examination  
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Urinalysis   Analysis of the urine content  
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Urine Culture & Sensitivity   Used for the cultivation, isolation, identification of microorganisms from urine specimen and determining which antimicrobial medication they will respond to for treatment  
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Voiding cystourethrogram   An x-ray image made during voiding with the bladder and urethra filled with contrast medium to demonstrate the urethra  
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Analgesic   A drug that relieves pain  
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Antibiotic   A drug that kills or inhibits the growth of microorganisms  
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Antispasmodic   A drug that relieves spasm  
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Continent urostomy   An internal reservoir construed from a segment of the intestines that diverts urine through an opening that is brought through the abdominal wall, a valve is created internally to prevent leakage and patient empties the pounch by catheterization  
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Diuretic   Drug that increases the secretion of urine  
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Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy   Procedure using ultrasound outside the body to bombard and disintegrate a stone within the body  
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Intracorporeal lithotripsy   The crushing of a stone in the renal pelvis, ureter, or bladder by mechanical force or sound waves originating from an instrument within the body  
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Kidney dialysis   Methods of filtering impurities from the blood, replacing the function of one or both kidneys  
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Nephrectomy   Surgical removal of a kidney  
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Nephrolithotomy   Incision into the kidney for the removal of a renal calculus  
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Nephrorrhaphy   Nephropexy by suturing the kidney  
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Nephrotomy   Incision into the kidney  
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Non-continent ileal conduit   Removal of portion of ileum to use as a channel to which ureters are attached at one end and the other end is a stoma on the abdomen; urine drains continually into external bag  
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Orthotopic bladder   Bladder constructed from portions of intestine connected to the urethra  
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Pyeloplasty   Surgical reconstruction of the kidney pelvis to correct an obstuction  
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Resectoscope   A special endoscopic instrument for the transurethral electrosurgical removal of lesions involving the bladder, prostate gland, or urethra  
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Stent placement   Slender thread, rod, or catheter, lying within the lumen of ureter, used to provide support during or after anastomosis, or to assure patency of an intact but contracted lumen  
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Urinary catheterization   Methods of placing a tube into the bladder to drain or collect urine  
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