Blood Urea - CISMeF

Preferred Label : Blood Urea;

NCIt related terms : urea nitrogen; blood urea nitrogen; BUN;

NCIt definition : The most prevalent of nonprotein nitrogenous compounds circulating in the blood used as an indicator of liver and kidney function.;

Alternative definition : NCI-GLOSS: Nitrogen in the blood that comes from urea (a substance formed by the breakdown of protein in the liver). The kidneys filter urea out of the blood and into the urine. A high level of urea nitrogen in the blood may be a sign of a kidney problem.;

Codes from synonyms : CDR0000044800; CDR0000572243; CDR0000572242;

Details

Origin ID

C1753;

UMLS CUI

C0600137;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- BUN [MedDRA LLT]
- Blood urea measurement (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Urea nitrogen [LOINC component]
- Urea nitrogen (substance) [SNOMED CT concept]
- azotemia [MeSH Descriptor]
- blood urea nitrogen [Artificial nutrition thesaurus concept]
- urea nitrogen [SNOMED Notion]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Blood urea [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Blood urea nitrogen [MedDRA LLT]
- Blood urea nitrogen (substance) [SNOMED CT concept]
- blood urea nitrogen [MeSH Descriptor]
- blood urea nitrogen [MeSH concept]
- blood urea nitrogen [SNOMED Notion]
Semantic type(s)
- Biologically Active Substance [UMLS semantic type]
- Inorganic Chemical [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Blood urea nitrogen (substance) [SNOMED CT concept]
- blood urea nitrogen [SNOMED Notion]

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