The phrase "a decrease in kidney" is not correct as it is incomplete and lacks clarity.
It could be used in a medical context, but it needs to specify what is decreasing, such as "a decrease in kidney function" or "a decrease in kidney size."
Example: "The patient showed a decrease in kidney function over the course of treatment."
Alternatives: "a reduction in kidney" or "a decline in kidney".
Diverticulosis, in which the inner lining of the large intestine protrudes out through the surrounding muscular layer, occurs in more than 50 percent of persons by age 80. Excretory function diminishes because of a decrease in kidney mass and in the number of functioning nephrons.
Although mostly mild and reversible, a decrease in kidney function must not be neglected, because it aggravates prognosis.
Increased FGF-23 plasma levels are observed with a decrease in kidney function and predict the risk of future cardiovascular mortality.
A decrease in kidney function is associated with an increased risk in adverse drug reactions.
Such a decrease in kidney function was found in only 1 of 37 patients treated with Lu-DOTATATE.
In a before-after study, the restriction of chloride-rich solutions was associated with a decrease in kidney failure in critically ill patients [ 10].
In order to ascertain awareness of renal disease within the study population at the time of enrollment, we asked the following question, "Have you been previously informed about a decrease in your kidney function or about a kidney problem by your doctor or nurse?" Chart review was used to determine whether patients had prior diagnoses of hypertension or renal disease.
The kidney mitochondrial function was not impaired by endotoxin infusion, despite a decrease in the kidney blood flow and impaired renal microcirculation.
CsA treatment produced a significant decrease in body weight gain and consequently a decrease in the kidney weight of the CsA group as compared with the control group.
Two of the least virulent strains, HUN96 and pmr1Δ (Table 1) showed a decrease in viable kidney burdens between 24 and 48 h (Fig. 2a), while the highest burdens at 48 h were for AM2003-020, J951361, IHEM16614 and SC5314 (Fig. 2a), which were 4 of the 5 most virulent strains in a previous study (Table 1).
In all participants, a decrease in minimal kidney cortex width of 1 mm was related to an increase in systolic blood pressure of 1.4 mm Hg (p = 0.005).
