Then we must impart the information to the patient in an informative and appropriate way in order that we can then offer tailored strategies to prevent progression of the kidney disease and ameliorate the complications of CKD.Smith, James
Ultrasound:Ultrasound is often used in the diagnosis of kidney disease. An ultrasound is a noninvasive type of imaging test. In general, kidneys are shrunken in size in chronic kidney disease, although they may be normal or even large in size in cases caused by adult polycystic kidney disease...
Chronic kidney disease: Diagnosis, classification and management Introduction: There is high prevalence of calcium supplementation in the general population and some recent data suggest that this may increase the risk of... K.,Olgaard - 《Bone》 被引量: 2发表: 2012年 Clinical analysis of serum ...
The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of chronic kidney disease among the Tunisian diabetic population based on investigators’ specialty, demographic criteria (gender, age, duration of diabetes and geographic distribution) and diagnosis criteria (albuminuria and/or eGFR). Methods This ...
However, the diagnosis of primary aldosteronism (PA) remains a challenge for patients who present with subtle or atypical features or have chronic kidney disease (CKD). SPECT/CT has proven valuable in the diagnosis of a number of ... YC Chen,YC Su,CK Wei,... - Hindawi Publishing Corporati...
Chronic kidney disease(CKD) means your kidneys are damaged and can’t filter blood the way they should. The disease is called “chronic” because the damage to your kidneys happens gradually over a long period of time. The clinical diagnosis for kidney disease includes two indicators. The first...
In addition, those with early-stage disease might not present with any abnormalities upon physical examination. Therefore, a differential diagnosis must be performed in all patients with suspected CKD. Are you up to date on considerations for the differential diagnosis of CKD? Test your knowledge ...
aged 18 to 89 years with newly diagnosed gout, we propensity score matched 4760 initiators of allopurinol (≥300 mg/d) to the same number of noninitiators of allopurinol, excluding those with chronic kidney disease stage 3 or higher or urate-lowering therapy use before their gout diagnosis. ...
To better understand the role of the urea-to-creatinine ratio in chronic kidney disease patients, we assessed the epidemiology of the urea-to-creatinine ratio among hospitalised chronic kidney disease patients, and the association between the urea-to-creatinine ratio and inpatient clinical outcomes. ...
KDIGO Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis, Evaluation, Prevention and Treatment of Chronic Kidney Disease related Mineral and Bone Disorders (CKD-MBD)Background: The current study defined an optimal tumor size breakpoint to ... M Ketteler,KU Eckardt - 《Der Nephrologe》 被引量: 2356发...