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Descriptor English: Azotemia
Descriptor Spanish: Azotemia
Descriptor azotemia
Entry term(s) azoemia
Scope note: Alteración bioquímica que alude a la elevación del NITRÓGENO UREICO SANGUÍNEO y de la CREATININA. La azoemia puede ser debida a ENFERMEDADES RENALES o a trastornos extrarrenales. Cuando se asocia con cierta constelación de signos clínicos se denomina UREMIA.
Descriptor Portuguese: Azotemia
Descriptor French: Azotémie
Entry term(s): Azotaemia
Tree number(s): C12.050.351.968.419.936.231
C12.200.777.419.936.231
C12.950.419.936.231
C23.550.145
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D053099
Scope note: A biochemical abnormality referring to an elevation of BLOOD UREA NITROGEN and CREATININE. Azotemia can be produced by KIDNEY DISEASES or other extrarenal disorders. When azotemia becomes associated with a constellation of clinical signs, it is termed UREMIA.
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Uremia (1965-2006)
Public MeSH Note: 2007; see UREMIA 1975-2006
History Note: 2007; use UREMIA 1975-2006
DeCS ID: 52126
Unique ID: D053099
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Date Established: 2007/01/01
Date of Entry: 2006/07/05
Revision Date: 2019/06/17
Azotemia - Preferred
Concept UI M0022320
Scope note A biochemical abnormality referring to an elevation of BLOOD UREA NITROGEN and CREATININE. Azotemia can be produced by KIDNEY DISEASES or other extrarenal disorders. When azotemia becomes associated with a constellation of clinical signs, it is termed UREMIA.
Preferred term Azotemia
Entry term(s) Azotaemia



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