Duplex kidney. Ignore. Renal cysts are common and are bilateral in 9% of people over the age of 70. 2 Ultrasound is a reliable modality for visualising most renal cysts. Simple cysts have a ...

Here's what kidney stones are, what causes them and how you can expect to have them treated if they affect you or someone you ...

Stages of chronic kidney disease. Doctors figure out the severity of chronic kidney disease with a staging system that uses GFR:. Stage I: GFR 90 or greater (normal kidney function) Stage II: GFR ...

Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) occurs due to the long-term damage caused by diabetes to the kidneys. In severe cases, this leads to kidney failure that requires dialysis, which is the clinical ...

A urine protein-creatinine ratio test measures the levels of protein in your urine. Values that are higher than normal may be a sign of kidney disease.

DURING the past ten years 5 patients have been referred to the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital for renal homotransplantation because of unintentional surgical extirpation of all functioning renal tissu ...