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Descriptor
English
:
Blood Urea Nitrogen
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Nitrógeno de la Urea Sanguínea
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Nitrogênio da Ureia Sanguínea
Synonyms
English
:
Nitrogen, Blood Urea
Urea Nitrogen, Blood
BUN
Tree Number:
E01.370.225.124.100.115
E01.370.390.400.100
E05.200.124.100.115
Definition
English
:
The urea concentration of the blood stated in terms of
nitrogen
content. Serum (
plasma
) urea
nitrogen
is approximately 12% higher than
blood urea nitrogen
concentration because of the greater protein content of red
blood cells
. Increases in blood or serum urea
nitrogen
are referred to as
azotemia
and may have prerenal, renal, or postrenal causes. (From Saunders
Dictionary
& Encyclopedia of
Laboratory
Medicine
and
Technology
, 1984)
Indexing Annotation
English
:
note category; no qualif; often correct for foreign "azotemia"; DF: note short X ref
History Note
English
:
67(64)
Record Number:
1834
Unique Identifier:
D001806
Occurrence in VHL
:
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