Despite its profound impact on patient health, anemia of chronic kidney disease (CKD) remains underdiagnosed and undertreated.

The diagnostic criteria for chronic kidney disease that uses the standard estimated glomerular filtration rate threshold of 60 mL/min/1.73 m2 regardless of one’s age may lead to ...

A new definition of chronic kidney disease labels over 1 in 8 adults and around half of people over 70 years of age as having the disease. Yet low rates of kidney failure suggest many of those ...

TUESDAY, Aug. 20, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Using a new classification of steatotic liver disease (SLD) based on the presence of metabolic dysfunction and alcohol consumption, metabolic dysfunction ...

Since their publication in 2002, the K/DOQI clinical practice guidelines for the definition and classification of chronic kidney disease (CKD) have been largely accepted, but some controversy ...

Benefits from vitamin D supplementation in kidney disease vary; routine testing is not recommended in otherwise healthy patients with chronic kidney disease.

The researchers' points of comparison were the FDA's current definition of CKD disease onset for clinical trials -- a doubling of serum creatinine, a blood marker that assesses kidney function ...

Acute kidney injury and kidney failure both cause kidney function to decline. However, they are many differences between the conditions. Learn more here.

Acute renal failure and chronic kidney disease are both serious kidney conditions but have many key differences.

Despite this simple definition, CKD is a heterogeneous condition, dependent upon the cause and type (pathology) of kidney disease ( Table 5 ), severity, rate of progression, and comorbid conditions.

A new definition of chronic kidney disease labels over 1 in 8 adults and around half of people over 70 years of age as having the disease. Yet low rates of kidney failure suggest many of those ...