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Urinary System 2
Vocab/Conditions/Treatments
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| nephrolithiasis | kidney stones (renal calculi) |
| lithotripsy | shock wave ultrasound |
| polycystic kidney disease | multiple fluid filled sacs (cysts) within and on the kidney |
| pyelonephritis | inflammation of the lining of the renal pelvis and renal parenchyma |
| renal cell carcinmoa | cancerous tumor the the kidney in adulthood |
| renal failure | decrease in excretion of wastes results from impaired filtration function |
| CKD | chronic kidney disease |
| renal hypertension | high blood pressure resulting from kidney disease |
| essential hypertension | unknown source of high blood pressure |
| Wilms tumor | malignant tumor of the kidney occurring in childhood |
| diabetes insipidus | antidiuretic hormone (ADH) is not secreted, or there is a resistance of the kidney to ADH (uncontrollable urination) |
| DI | Diabetes insipidus |
| DM | diabetes mellitus |
| diabetes mellitus | insulin is not secreted adequately or tissues are resistant to its effects |
| BUN | blood urea nitrogen |
| blood urea nitrogen | measurement of urea levels in blood, deadly if not treated immediately |
| KUB | kidneys, ureters, and bladder |
| kidneys, ureter, and bladder | x-ray examination (without contrast of the kidneys, ureter and bladder |
| retrograde pyelogram | x-ray image of the renal pelvis and ureters after injection of contrast through a urinary catheter into the ureters from the bladder |
| RP | retrograde pyelogram |
| voiding cystourethrogram | x-ray image (with contrast) of the urinary bladder and urethra obtained while the patient is voiding |
| VCUG | voiding cystourethrogram |
| ultrasonography | imaging of urinary tract structures using high-frequency sound waves. |
| MRI urography | changing magnetic field produces images of the kidney and surrounding structures in three planes of the body |
| cystoscopy | direct visualization of the urethra and urinary bladder with and endoscope |
| dialysis | process of separating nitrogenous waste materials from the blood |
| hemodialysis (HD) | uses an artificial kidney machine, takes a few hours |
| peritoneal dialysis (PD) | uses a catheter, takes all night |
| renal transplantation | surgical transfer of a kidney from a donor to a recipient |
| urinary catheterization | passage of flexible, tubular instrument through the urethra into the urinary bladder |
| CrCl | creatinine clearance |
| CRF | chronic renal failure-progressive loss of kidney function |
| C&S | culture and sensitivity testing |
| eGFR | estimated glomerular filtration rate |
| ESWL | extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy |
| IC | interstitial cystitis-chronic inflammation of the bladder wall |
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