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Kidney |
Body organ that filters blood for the secretion of URINE and that regulates ion concentrations. |
Kidneys |
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Kidney Glomerulus |
A cluster of convoluted capillaries beginning at each nephric tubule in the kidney and held together by connective tissue. |
Glomerulus, Kidney |
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Kidney Tubules |
Long convoluted tubules in the nephrons. They collect filtrate from blood passing through the KIDNEY GLOMERULUS and process this filtrate into URINE. Each renal tubule consists of a BOWMAN CAPSULE; PROXIMAL KIDNEY TUBULE; LOOP OF HENLE; DISTAL KIDNEY TUBULE; and KIDNEY COLLECTING DUCT leading to the central cavity of the kidney (KIDNEY PELVIS) that connects to the URETER. |
Kidney Tubule,Tubule, Kidney,Tubules, Kidney |
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Plasma Substitutes |
Any liquid used to replace blood plasma, usually a saline solution, often with serum albumins, dextrans or other preparations. These substances do not enhance the oxygen- carrying capacity of blood, but merely replace the volume. They are also used to treat dehydration. |
Blood Expanders,Plasma Volume Expanders,Expanders, Blood,Expanders, Plasma Volume,Substitutes, Plasma,Volume Expanders, Plasma |
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Postoperative Complications |
Pathologic processes that affect patients after a surgical procedure. They may or may not be related to the disease for which the surgery was done, and they may or may not be direct results of the surgery. |
Complication, Postoperative,Complications, Postoperative,Postoperative Complication |
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Radioisotope Renography |
Graphic tracing over a time period of radioactivity measured externally over the kidneys following intravenous injection of a radionuclide which is taken up and excreted by the kidneys. |
Renography,Radioisotope Renographies,Renographies,Renographies, Radioisotope,Renography, Radioisotope |
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Blood Transfusion |
The introduction of whole blood or blood component directly into the blood stream. (Dorland, 27th ed) |
Blood Transfusions,Transfusion, Blood,Transfusions, Blood |
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Female |
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Females |
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Hemorrhage |
Bleeding or escape of blood from a vessel. |
Bleeding,Hemorrhages |
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Humans |
Members of the species Homo sapiens. |
Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man |
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