Renal Insufficiency, Chronic

"Renal Insufficiency, Chronic" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Conditions in which the KIDNEYS perform below the normal level for more than three months. Chronic kidney insufficiency is classified by five stages according to the decline in GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE and the degree of kidney damage (as measured by the level of PROTEINURIA). The most severe form is the end-stage renal disease (CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE). (Kidney Foundation: Kidney Disease Outcome Quality Initiative, 2002)

Descriptor ID	D051436
MeSH Number(s)	C12.777.419.780.750 C13.351.968.419.780.750
Concept/Terms	Renal Insufficiency, Chronic Renal Insufficiency, Chronic Chronic Renal Insufficiencies Renal Insufficiencies, Chronic Chronic Renal Insufficiency Kidney Insufficiency, Chronic Chronic Kidney Insufficiency Chronic Kidney Insufficiencies Kidney Insufficiencies, Chronic Chronic Kidney Diseases Chronic Kidney Diseases Chronic Kidney Disease Disease, Chronic Kidney Diseases, Chronic Kidney Kidney Disease, Chronic Kidney Diseases, Chronic Chronic Renal Diseases Chronic Renal Disease Disease, Chronic Renal Diseases, Chronic Renal Renal Disease, Chronic Renal Diseases, Chronic

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Renal Insufficiency, Chronic".

Diseases [C]
Male Urogenital Diseases [C12]
Urologic Diseases [C12.777]
Kidney Diseases [C12.777.419]
Renal Insufficiency [C12.777.419.780]
Renal Insufficiency, Chronic [C12.777.419.780.750]
Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications [C13]
Female Urogenital Diseases [C13.351]
Urologic Diseases [C13.351.968]
Kidney Diseases [C13.351.968.419]
Renal Insufficiency [C13.351.968.419.780]
Renal Insufficiency, Chronic [C13.351.968.419.780.750]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Renal Insufficiency, Chronic".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Renal Insufficiency, Chronic".

Renal Insufficiency, Chronic
Kidney Failure, Chronic

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Bar chart showing 126 publications over 18 distinct years, with a maximum of 14 publications in 2023 and 2025

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2007	1	0	1
2008	0	2	2
2010	1	1	2
2011	3	0	3
2012	2	3	5
2013	4	1	5
2014	4	2	6
2015	4	1	5
2016	5	2	7
2017	8	2	10
2018	5	0	5
2019	8	3	11
2020	6	3	9
2021	6	1	7
2022	13	0	13
2023	14	0	14
2024	4	3	7
2025	11	3	14

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Abu HO, Del Castillo FF, Wang W, Saczynski JS, Mehawej J, Tenes P, Tisminetzky M, Gurwitz J, Goldberg RJ, Dosa D, Kapoor A, McManus DD. The prevalence and burden of chronic kidney disease, patterns of anticoagulation prescribing, and major bleeding risk in older adults with atrial fibrillation. BMC Geriatr. 2025 Dec 28; 26(1):138.

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Asirwatham A, Oliphant M, Kovell LC, Ahmed H, Kurland J, O'Connor MJ, Juraschek SP, Wilkie G. Secondary hypertension diagnosis and management among pregnant patients: a review. Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM. 2025 Dec; 7(12):101813.

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Park J, Han K, Kim B, Lee K, Jang HR, Yoon JM, Lim DH, Shin DW. Risk of age-related macular degeneration according to the chronic kidney disease and proteinuria in Korea: a 10-year nationwide cohort study. Sci Rep. 2025 Jul 22; 15(1):26595.

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Tsang YP, Aryeh KS, Wang K, Himmelfarb J, Yeung CK, Kelly EJ. Enhancing therapeutic strategies and drug development for patients with kidney disease. Expert Opin Drug Saf. 2026 Jan; 25(1):23-48.

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Mattocks KM, Walker L, Kroll-Desrosiers A, Crowley S, Moore DT, Bonegio R. Assessing Rural Veterans' Experiences with a Tele-Nephrology Program in the Veterans Health Administration. Am J Nephrol. 2026; 57(2):272-279.

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Ostermann M, Corteville DC, Doi K, Koyner JL, Lamy A, Li G, Solinsky CM, Winterberg PD, Smith WT, Mehta RL, Murray PT, Shaw AD, Zarbock A, Engelman DT. A phase 3 study of ravulizumab to protect patients with chronic kidney disease from cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury and major adverse kidney events (ARTEMIS). Trials. 2025 May 30; 26(1):181.

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Vieira de Oliveira Salerno PR, Lewis PGT, Chen Z, Dazard JE, Ganatra S, Ahmed EN, Nasir K, Deo SV, Rajagopalan S, Al-Kindi S. Climate Vulnerability and Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Disease in the United?States. J Am Heart Assoc. 2025 Jun 03; 14(11):e038251.

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Colletta A, Cooper KM, Placentino G, Devuni D, Colletta C. Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitor therapy improves renal and hepatic function in patients with cirrhosis secondary to metabolic dysfunction associated steatotic liver disease and type 2 diabetes. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2025; 16:1531295.

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Goyal A, Saeed H, Sulaiman SA, Sultan W, Siddiqui MR, Kan Changez MI, Qamar A, Ganatra S, Dani SS. Emerging trends and disparities in cardiovascular, kidney, and diabetes-related mortality: A retrospective analysis of the wide-ranging online data for epidemiologic research database. PLoS One. 2025; 20(5):e0320670.

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Safarova MS, Weintraub S, Sadaniantz K, Kovell L, Warden BA, Garshick MS, Duell PB, Gianos E. Statin Use in Special Populations for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults. Curr Atheroscler Rep. 2025 May 01; 27(1):54.

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