CKD Prevalence in the Military Health System: Coded Versus Uncoded CKD

The MDRD equation underestimates the prevalence of CKD among blacks and overestimates the prevalence of CKD among whites compared to the CKD-EPI equation: a retrospective cohort study

BACKGROUND Black individuals are far more likely than white individuals to develop end stage renal disease (ESRD). However, earlier stages of chronic kidney disease (CKD) have been reported to be less prevalent among blacks. This disparity remains poorly understood. The objective of this study was to evaluate whether the lower prevalence of CKD among blacks in early stages of CKD might be due i...

Ckd-mineral and Bone Disorders (ckd-mbd)

Keto Acid Therapy in CKD Patients Epidemiology of CKD Worldwide

s Am J Nephrol 2005;25(suppl 1):1–28 7 surveys and continuous patient data recording since 1996. On 31 December 2001, 1,164 facilities for dialysis and renal transplantation treatment were reported to the QuaSi-Niere-GmbH. The longitudinal data of more than 85,000 patients are available (diagnosis, modality, morbidity, follow-up). Concerning the worldwide end-stage renal disease (ESRD) populati...

[Vascular calcification in CKD].

As doenças cardiovasculares (DCV) constituem a principal causa de mortalidade em pacientes com doença renal crônica (DRC).1 O risco de óbito por DCV nessa população chega a ser 10 a 30 vezes maior que aquele observado na população geral. Esse aumento da mortalidade também ocorre em pacientes nos estágios precoces da DRC,2 assim como naqueles submetidos a transplante renal.3 A alta prevalência d...

Insulin resistance in CKD.

Insulin resistance is typically defined as decreased biologic action of insulin at its target organs (e.g., liver, skeletal muscles) for any given blood concentration of insulin. Clinically it usually presents with hyperinsulinemia, glucose intolerance, hyperglycemia, and dyslipidemia. Insulin resistance can be physiologic (e.g., in pregnancy) or pathologic. It may occur as a primary phenomenon...