Kidney Failure

Anatomy/Physiology

1.	Kidneys and Urinary Tract Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/parent/general/body_basics/kidneys_urinary.html




2.	Your Kidneys and How They Work National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/yourkidneys/index.htm

Children

1.	Kidney (Renal) Failure American Urological Association http://www.urologyhealth.org/pediatric/index.cfm?cat=08&topic=120




2.	When Your Child Has a Chronic Kidney Disease Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/parent/medical/kidney/chronic_kidney_disease.html




3.	School & Family Problems of Children with National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/childkidneydiseases/school_fami...




4.	Treatment Methods for Kidney Failure in Children National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/childkidneydiseases/treatment_m...

Clinical Trials

1.	ClinicalTrials.gov: Kidney Failure, Chronic National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D007676&recruiting...




2.	ClinicalTrials.gov: Kidney Failure National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D017095&recruiting...

Coping

1.	Coping Effectively: A Guide for Patients and Their National Kidney Foundation http://www.kidney.org/atoz/pdf/coping.pdf

Diagnosis/Symptoms

1.	Renal Biopsy UpToDate http://patients.uptodate.com/topic.asp?file=kidn_dis/6752




2.	Kidney and Urinary Tract Function, Disorders, and American Association for Clinical Chemistry http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/conditions/kidney.html




3.	Medical Tests of Kidney Function National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/kidneytests/index.htm

Dictionaries/Glossaries

1.	Kidney Failure Glossary National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/glossary/index.htm




2.	Kidney Diseases Dictionary National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/kdictionary/index.htm

Directories

1.	Find a Urologist American Urological Association http://urologyhealth.org/find_urologist/




2.	Directory of Kidney and Urologic Diseases Organiza National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/kuorg/

Disease Management

1.	BUN Test American Association for Clinical Chemistry http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/bun/test.html

Financial Issues

1.	Financial Help for Treatment of Kidney Failure National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/financialhelp/index.htm




2.	Permanent Kidney Failure/End-Stage Renal Disease Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services http://www.cms.hhs.gov/medicare/cob/esrd/esrd.asp

Law and Policy

1.	Medicare Coverage of Kidney Dialysis and Kidney Tr Dept. of Health and Human Services http://www.medicare.gov/Publications/Pubs/pdf/esrdCoverage.pdf




2.	Medigap Policies for People Under Age 65 with a Di Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services http://www.medicare.gov/medigap/under65.asp

National Institutes of Health

1.	Kidney Disease Overview National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases http://www.nkdep.nih.gov/patients/index.htm

Newsletters/Print Publications

1.	Renal Flash American Association of Kidney Patients http://www.aakp.org/AAKP/renalflash.htm




2.	E-Kidney: Online Newsletter of the NKF National Kidney Foundation http://www.kidney.org/general/ekidney/index.cfm




3.	AAKP Kidney Beginnings: The Electronic Newsletter American Association of Kidney Patients http://www.aakp.org/AAKP/kbten.htm

Organizations

1.	National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/




2.	National Kidney Foundation http://www.kidney.org/




3.	National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and K http://www.niddk.nih.gov/




4.	Life Options Rehabilitation Program http://www.lifeoptions.org/




5.	American Kidney Fund http://www.akfinc.org/




6.	American Association of Kidney Patients http://www.aakp.org/

Overviews

1.	Kidney Failure Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=DS00280




2.	Kidney Failure American Academy of Family Physicians http://www.aafp.org/afp/20030615/2539ph.html

Related Issues

1.	Kidney Failure and Cardiovascular Disease American Heart Association http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/reprint/108/16/e114.pdf




2.	Amyloidosis and Kidney Disease National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/amyloidosis/index.htm




3.	Analgesic Nephropathy (Painkillers and the Kidneys National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/analgesicnephropathy/index.htm




4.	What Vaccinations Do You Need? National Kidney Foundation http://www.kidney.org/atoz/atozItem.cfm?id=122




5.	Anemia in Kidney Disease and Dialysis National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/anemia/index.htm




6.	Bone Disease in Chronic Kidney Failure National Kidney Foundation http://www.kidney.org/atoz/atozItem.cfm?id=49

Specific Conditions

1.	JAMA Patient Page: Acute Renal Failure American Medical Association http://www.medem.com/medlb/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZCFVFA09D&sub_...




2.	Renal Osteodystrophy National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/renalosteodystrophy/index.htm

Statistics

1.	Kidney Center Data Profile Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network http://www.optn.org/organDatasource/stateData.asp?type=state&mqsd=1&display...




2.	End Stage Renal Disease in the United States National Kidney Foundation http://www.kidney.org/general/news/factsheet.cfm?id=38




3.	Kidney and Urologic Disease Statistics for the Uni National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/kustats/index.htm

Treatment

1.	Kidney Failure: Choosing a Treatment That's National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/choosingtreatment/index.htm




2.	Treatment Methods for Kidney Failure: Transplantat National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/transplant/index.htm




3.	Kidney Transplant National Kidney Foundation http://www.kidney.org/atoz/atozItem.cfm?id=86