Kidney disease

Definition

Kidney disease is classified as any disease or disorder that affects the function of the kidneys. This may include:

• Acute kidney failure
• Acute nephritic syndrome
• Analgesic nephropathy
• Atheroembolic renal disease
• Chronic kidney failure
• Chronic nephritis
• Congenital nephrotic syndrome
• End-stage renal disease
• Goodpasture's syndrome
• Interstitial nephritis
• Kidney cancer
• Kidney damage
• Kidney infection
• Kidney injury
• Kidney stones
• Lupus nephritis
• Membranoproliferative GN I
• Membranoproliferative GN II
• Membranous nephropathy
• Minimal change disease
• Necrotizing glomerulonephritis
• Nephroblastoma
• Nephrocalcinosis
• Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus
• Nephropathy - IgA
• Nephrosis (nephrotic syndrome)
• Polycystic kidney disease
• Post-streptococcal GN
• Reflux nephropathy
• Renal artery embolism
• Renal artery stenosis
• Renal disorders
• Renal papillary necrosis
• Renal tubular acidosis type I
• Renal tubular acidosis type II
• Renal underperfusion
• Renal vein thrombosis