Chronic kidney disease (CKD)can be a confusing concept to grasp insofar as it is caused by other illnesses or medical conditions. As such, CKD is considered secondary to the primary cause. Moreover, unlike anacute kidney injury (AKI), in which the loss of kidney function may be reversible,...
Symptoms of kidney disease (also called renal disease)Only 30% of normal kidney tissue is necessary for normal kidney function, meaning that up to 70% of kidney tissue is damaged before clinical signs of dysfunction occur. Therefore, in the early stages of the disease, symptoms may be too su...
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Chronic kidney disease can be hereditary, meaning that this condition may run in families. However, many times a family history of CKD is due to social factors, which doctors call social determinants of health. These factors can trigger other health conditions that contribute to the onset of CKD...
Meaning Better environmental protection, integration of CKD into the national public health surveillance program, and control of common CKD comorbidities appear to be associated with reducing the disease burden of CKD. Abstract Importance To our knowledge, there has been no update on the prevalence of...
Findings In this population-based UK cohort study, the use of allopurinol in patients with gout did not increase the risk of kidney function decline, and was significantly associated with a 13% lower risk at doses of 300 mg or more per day. Meaning Allopurinol does not appear to be associa...
The meaning of CHRONIC is continuing or occurring again and again for a long time. How to use chronic in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Chronic.
Meaning Equations for predicting risk of incident chronic kidney disease were developed from more than 5 million individuals from 34 multinational cohorts and demonstrated high discrimination and variable calibration in diverse populations. Abstract Importance Early identification of individuals at elevated risk...
Meaning Coaching to increase water intake did not significantly slow the decline in kidney function in patients with chronic kidney disease at 1-year follow-up. Abstract Importance In observational studies, increased water intake is associated with better kidney function. Objective To determine the effe...
The present invention relates to a method for determining or predicting the progression of chronic kidney disease in a subject suspected of having chronic kidney disease, comprising