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  2. Kidney failure - Wikipedia

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    Chronic failure affects about 1 in 1,000 people with 3 per 10,000 people newly developing the condition each year. [1] [10] In Canada, the lifetime risk of kidney failure or end-stage renal disease (ESRD) was estimated to be 2.66% for men and 1.76% for women. [11] Acute failure is often reversible while chronic failure often is not. [6]

  3. List of mental disorders in the DSM-IV and DSM-IV-TR

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    608.89 Male hypoactive sexual desire disorder due to ... [indicate the general medical condition] 607.84 Male erectile disorder due to ... [indicate the general medical condition] 625.0 Female dyspareunia due to ... [indicate the general medical condition] 608.89 Male dyspareunia due to ... [indicate the general medical condition]

  4. Cardiorenal syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Cardiorenal syndrome (CRS) is an umbrella term used in the medical field that defines disorders of the heart and kidneys whereby "acute or chronic dysfunction in one organ may induce acute or chronic dysfunction of the other". [1]

  5. Not otherwise specified - Wikipedia

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    In medicine, not otherwise specified (NOS) is a subcategory in systems of disease/disorder classification such as ICD-9, ICD-10, or DSM-IV.It is generally used to note the presence of an illness where the symptoms presented were sufficient to make a general diagnosis, but where a specific diagnosis was not made.

  6. International Classification of Diseases - Wikipedia

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    Adoption of ICD-10-CM was slow in the United States. Since 1979, the US had required ICD-9-CM codes [11] for Medicare and Medicaid claims, and most of the rest of the American medical industry followed suit. On 1 January 1999 the ICD-10 (without clinical extensions) was adopted for reporting mortality, but ICD-9-CM was still used for morbidity ...

  7. Hemoglobinuria - Wikipedia

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    Hemoglobinuria is a condition in which the oxygen transport protein hemoglobin is found in abnormally high concentrations in the urine. [1] The condition is caused by excessive intravascular hemolysis , in which large numbers of red blood cells (RBCs) are destroyed, thereby releasing free hemoglobin into the plasma . [ 2 ]

  8. Monoclonal immunoglobulin deposition disease - Wikipedia

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    In MIDD, these abnormal immunoglobulins, or fragments of them, are deposited along the basement membrane of the kidney. This deposition damages the kidney, leading to renal insufficiency. The damage to the kidney may also prevent protein re-absorption by the kidney; instead of being reabsorbed, the proteins enter the urine.

  9. Kidney disease - Wikipedia

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    Kidney failure is known as the end-stage of kidney disease, where dialysis or a kidney transplant is the only treatment option. Chronic kidney disease is defined as prolonged kidney abnormalities (functional and/or structural in nature) that last for more than three months. [ 1 ]