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Kidney Failure
- From the National Institutes of Health
- Overviews
- Diagnosis/Symptoms
- Treatment
- Coping
- Disease Management
- Specific Conditions
- Related Issues
- Financial Issues
- Newsletters/Print Publications
- Clinical Trials
- Anatomy/Physiology
- Dictionaries/Glossaries
- Directories
- Organizations
- Law and Policy
- Statistics
- Children
From the National Institutes of Health
- From the National Institutes of Health
- Kidney Disease Overview (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
Overviews
- Overviews
- Kidney Failure (American Academy of Family Physicians)
- Kidney Failure (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Kidney Failure
(Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player
Also available in: Spanish
Diagnosis/Symptoms
- Diagnosis/Symptoms
- Kidney and Urinary Tract Function, Disorders, and Diseases (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
- Medical Tests of Kidney Function (National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse)
- Renal Biopsy (UpToDate)
Treatment
- Treatment
- Kidney Failure: Choosing a Treatment That's Right for You (National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse)
Also available in: Spanish - Kidney Transplant (National Kidney Foundation)
- Treatment Methods for Kidney Failure: Transplantation (National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse)
Coping
- Coping
- Coping Effectively: A Guide for Patients and Their Families (National Kidney Foundation) - Links to PDF
Specific Conditions
- Specific Conditions
- JAMA Patient Page: Acute Renal Failure (American Medical Association)
- Renal Osteodystrophy (National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse)
Related Issues
- Related Issues
- Amyloidosis and Kidney Disease (National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse)
- Analgesic Nephropathy (Painkillers and the Kidneys) (National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse)
- Anemia in Kidney Disease and Dialysis (National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse)
- Bone Disease in Chronic Kidney Failure (National Kidney Foundation)
- Kidney Failure and Cardiovascular Disease (American Heart Association) - Links to PDF
- What Vaccinations Do You Need? (National Kidney Foundation)
Financial Issues
- Financial Issues
- Financial Help for Treatment of Kidney Failure (National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse)
- Permanent Kidney Failure/End-Stage Renal Disease (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)
Newsletters/Print Publications
- Newsletters/Print Publications
- AAKP Kidney Beginnings: The Electronic Newsletter (American Association of Kidney Patients)
- E-Kidney: Online Newsletter of the NKF (National Kidney Foundation)
- Renal Flash (American Association of Kidney Patients)
Clinical Trials
- Clinical Trials
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Kidney Failure (National Institutes of Health)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Kidney Failure, Chronic (National Institutes of Health)
Anatomy/Physiology
- Anatomy/Physiology
- Kidneys and Urinary Tract (Nemours Foundation)
- Your Kidneys and How They Work (National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse)
Also available in: Spanish
Dictionaries/Glossaries
- Dictionaries/Glossaries
- Kidney Diseases Dictionary
(National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse) - Kidney Failure Glossary (National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse)
Directories
- Directories
- Directory of Kidney and Urologic Diseases Organizations (National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse)
- Find a Urologist (American Urological Association)
Organizations
- Organizations
- American Association of Kidney Patients
- American Kidney Fund
- Life Options Rehabilitation Program
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
- National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
- National Kidney Foundation
Law and Policy
- Law and Policy
- Medicare Coverage of Kidney Dialysis and Kidney Transplant Services (Dept. of Health and Human Services) - Large PDF file
Also available in: Spanish - Medigap Policies for People Under Age 65 with a Disability or End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)
Statistics
- Statistics
- End Stage Renal Disease in the United States (National Kidney Foundation)
- Kidney and Urologic Disease Statistics for the United States (National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse)
- Kidney Center Data Profile (Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network)
Children
- Children
- Kidney (Renal) Failure (American Urological Association)
- School & Family Problems of Children with Kidney Failure (National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse)
- Treatment Methods for Kidney Failure in Children (National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse)
- When Your Child Has a Chronic Kidney Disease (Nemours Foundation)