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End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD)
For End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) we have terms and definitions in 3 topics. The topics are Diabetes, Organ Donors and Organ Transplant.
End-stage Renal Disease (Esrd) (Diabetes) 
The final phase of kidney disease; treated by dialysis or kidney transplantation.See also: Dialysis; nephropathy.
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End-stage Renal Disease (Esrd) (Organ Donors)
A very serious and life-threatening kidney disease that minorities suffer much more frequently than do Whites. ESRD is treatable with dialysis, however, dialysis is costly and can result in a poor quality of life for the patient. The preferred treatment of ESRD is kidney transplantation. Transplantation offers the patient "freedom" from dialysis to lead a more normal lifestyle and can successfully treat ESRD for many years.
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End-stage Renal Disease (Esrd) (Organ Transplant)
Severe kidney disease or chronic kidney failure that has reduced the kidney function to 10 percent or less of normal function, requiring the patient to have either dialysis or a transplant in order to live. Also called renal failure.
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