Of note, the laboratory physicians support this change in terminology. Some have argued that there will be problems in removing ‘microalbuminuria’ from general usage, but by advocating an alternative in this guideline, and the rationale for it, we hope to change that practice. This does not ...
The National Library ofMedicine usesMedical Subject Headings(MeSH) to index new publications in MEDLINE, while EMBASE uses the thesaurus Emtree. In the past, a problem particular to CKD has been the lack of harmonized terminology, but the definition and staging for this disease proposed in the ...
Variables to define risk factors were classified into several categories representing a specific disease, medical procedure, or medication, and were assessed as present (yes/no) in the patient baseline period of 1 year. Laboratory data were not used to define risk factors in the data-driven part...
Hereafter, a targeted approach was performed by selecting a specific disease term: chronic renal insufficiency (CRI), which is a synonym for CKD using the medical subject headings (MeSH) terminology as vocabulary control. We selected multiple tissues/fluid sources (blood, urine and kidney) that we...
Abbreviations: CKD, chronic kidney disease; IDPN, intradialytic parenteral nutrition; MNT, medical nutrition therapy; PEW, protein-energy wasting. (PRISMA) diagram illustrating the study selection process is presented in Figure 1. The second comprehensive search to answer all the intervention questions ...
Dietary management in pediatric chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an area fraught with uncertainties and wide variations in practice. Even in tertiary pediat
Note: Any dietary experiments with fasting and the ketogenic diet are best done under medical supervision, particularly if you have a medical condition or take any daily medications. Which Type of the Ketogenic Diet is Right For Me? In general, the vast majority of people should follow SKD, ...
Studies suggest masked hypertensives exhibit risk similar to that of sustained hypertensives in many of the surrogates and possibly end points commonly associated with hypertension. However, these studies are not without significant limitations, among them, they often blended treated and treatment-naive ...
MEDICAL terminologyCHRONIC kidney failureKIDNEY failureJAPANESE peopleONLINE educationKIDNEY diseasesBackground: Previous studies have not fully determined whether online education materials on chronic kidney disease (CKD) for Japanese patients are easy to understand and help change their behavior. Therefore, ...
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) often is not recorded with a diagnosis code in the medical record. However, laboratory data can be used to find people with CKD. We used both laboratory and diagnosis code data to identify the total number of people with CKD in the Military Health System (MHS)...