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Kidney Diseases |
Nephritis; Pyelonephritis; Renal Disease |
Pyelonephritis is an ascending urinary tract infection that has reached the pyelum (pelvis) of the kidney (nephros in Greek). If the infection is severe, the term "urosepsis" is used interchangeably. It requires antibiotics as therapy. It is a form of nephritis. Pathology Acute pyelonephritis is an exudative purulent localized inflammation of kidney and renal pelvis. The renal parenchyma presents in the interstitium abscesses (suppurative necrosis), consisting in purulent exudate (pus): ...
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Kidney Diseases Organizations
- National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/
- Medline Plus http://medlineplus.gov/
- National Institutes of Health http://www.nih.gov/
- Nemours Foundation http://www.Nemours.org
- American Association for Clinical Chemistry
- Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com
- National Center for Health Statistics
- American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/
- National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse
- American College of Physicians http://www.acponline.org/
- American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America
- American Urological Association
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases http://www.niddk.nih.gov/
- National Library of Medicine
- American College of Rheumatology http://www.rheumatology.org
- Dolan DNA Learning Center
- National Kidney Foundation http://www.kidney.org/
- American Association of Kidney Patients http://www.aakp.org/
- Life Options Rehabilitation Program
- Polycystic Kidney Research Foundation http://www.pkdcure.org/
- MayoClinic http://www.mayoclinic.com/
- Google Health https://www.google.com/health
Resources
- 10 Symptoms of Kidney Disease (Life Options Rehabilitation Program)
- 24-Hour Urine Collection (National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center) - Links to PDF File
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