UK National Kidney Federation

The UK National Kidney Federation, founded 1979, is a national kidney charity in the United Kingdom run by patients with kidney problems and their carers, for kidney patients.

The controlling council consists of the patient Associations of hospital renal units. As its members are not healthcare professionals, its role is restricted to campaigning for improvements to renal provision and treatment, and national patient support services. It works closely with the All Party Parliamentary Kidney Group (APPKG) whose stated purpose is: "To improve understanding in Parliament of kidney disease and transplant medicine and promote improvements in the health and care services that are available to improve the health of people with renal failure.^[1]

The NKF runs a national helpline and a website, and organises an annual conference.^[2]

References

↑ "All-Party Parliamentary Kidney Group". Archived from the original on November 19, 2007. Retrieved 13 January 2010.
↑ "The NKF - its current work". Archived from the original on September 17, 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2010.

External links

Official homepage

Diseases of the urinary system (N00–N39, 580–599)

Kidney disease

Glomerules

Primarily
nephrotic

Non-proliferative	Minimal change Focal segmental Membranous

Proliferative	Mesangial proliferative Endocapillary proliferative Membranoproliferative/mesangiocapillary

By condition	Diabetic Amyloidosis

Primarily
nephritic,
RPG

Type I RPG/Type II hypersensitivity	Goodpasture's syndrome

Type II RPG/Type III hypersensitivity	Post-streptococcal Lupus DPGN IgA/Berger's

Type III RPG/Pauci-immune	Granulomatosis with polyangiitis Microscopic polyangiitis Churg–Strauss syndrome

General

Tubules

Interstitium

Interstitial nephritis
- Pyelonephritis
- Danubian endemic familial nephropathy

General

General syndromes	Nephritis Nephrosis) Renal failure Acute renal failure Chronic kidney disease Uremic pericarditis Uremia Diabetes insipidus Nephrogenic Renal papilla Renal papillary necrosis Major calyx/pelvis Hydronephrosis Pyonephrosis Reflux nephropathy

Vascular	Renal artery stenosis Renal ischemia Hypertensive nephropathy Renovascular hypertension Renal cortical necrosis

Other	Analgesic nephropathy Renal osteodystrophy Nephroptosis Abderhalden–Kaufmann–Lignac syndrome

Urinary tract

Ureter	Ureteritis Ureterocele Megaureter

Bladder	Cystitis Interstitial cystitis Hunner's ulcer Trigonitis Hemorrhagic cystitis Neurogenic bladder dysfunction Bladder sphincter dyssynergia Vesicointestinal fistula Vesicoureteral reflux

Urethra	Urethritis Non-gonococcal urethritis Urethral syndrome Urethral stricture/Meatal stenosis Urethral caruncle

Any/all	Obstructive uropathy Urinary tract infection Retroperitoneal fibrosis Urolithiasis Bladder stone Kidney stone Renal colic Malakoplakia Urinary incontinence Stress Urge Overflow

Organ failure

General	Heart failure Respiratory failure Liver failure Acute liver failure Chronic liver failure Renal failure Acute renal failure Chronic renal failure Encephalopathy

Multiple	Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome

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