Chronic kidney disease1 (CKD) is a worldwide public health problem. In the United States, there is a rising incidence and prevalence of kidney failure, with poor outcomes and high …
AS Levey, J Coresh, K Bolton, B Culleton… - American Journal of …, 2002 - experts.umn.edu
Introduction: Chronic kidney disease as a public health problem. Chronic kidney disease is a worldwide public health problem. In the United States, there is a rising incidence and …
Chronic kidney disease is a worldwide public health problem with an increasing incidence and prevalence, poor outcomes, and high cost. Outcomes of chronic kidney disease include …
CY Hsu, F Lin, E Vittinghoff… - Journal of the American …, 2003 - journals.lww.com
Black Americans experience a disproportionate burden of ESRD compared with whites. Whether this is caused by the increased prevalence of chronic renal insufficiency (CRI) …
G Brunori, BF Viola, G Parrinello, V De Biase… - American Journal of …, 2007 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: A supplemented very-low-protein diet (sVLPD) seems to be safe when postponing dialysis therapy. STUDY DESIGN: Prospective multicenter randomized …
YC Tsai, YW Chiu, CC Hung, SJ Hwang, JC Tsai… - American journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Depression is related to morbidity and mortality in patients with kidney failure treated by dialysis, but its influence on patients with earlier stages of chronic kidney …
In February 2002, the Kidney Disease Outcome Quality Initiative of the National Kidney Foundation published clinical practice guidelines on chronic kidney disease. The first six of …
G Manjunath, MJ Sarnak, AS Levey - Current opinion in …, 2001 - journals.lww.com
The level of glomerular filtration rate can be estimated from the serum creatinine concentration and other easily measured patient variables from prediction equations …
Abstract Members of the Clinical Practice Committee, American Society of Transplantation, have attempted to define referral criteria for solid organ transplantation. Work done by the …