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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Learn how early detection, biomarkers, and prevention strategies can improve outcomes in acute kidney injury and reduce CKD risk.

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.

Unrecognized disease progression is associated with higher health care costs both for patients with end-stage kidney disease and late-stage (stages G4-G5) chronic kidney disease.

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 ...