• The Growing Challenge of CKD
• Are Your Patients at Risk?
• Making the CKD Diagnosis
• Comorbidities of CKD
• SHPT: A Complication of CKD
• Resources for CKD

Chronic Kidney Disease

may be more prevalent in your practice than you realize

Three important facts about CKD:

• More than 26 million Americans have CKD—a population that has increased by over 20% in the last decade.^1,2
• Many patients with CKD stage 3 and stage 4 are unaware of it and remain undiagnosed.³
• Primary care physicians play an essential role on the front line of CKD management by identifying and managing patients with CKD stage 3 and referring patients with CKD stage 4 to a nephrologist.⁴

References

1. Coresh J, Selvin E, Stevens LA, et al. Prevalence of chronic kidney disease in the United States. JAMA.
   2007;298(17):2038-2047.
2. U.S. Renal Data System, USRDS 2008 Annual Data Report: Atlas of Chronic Kidney Disease and End-Stage Renal Disease in the United States. National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda MD, 2008. Available at: http://www.usrds.org/adr.htm. Accessed September 9, 2009.
3. Coresh J, Byrd-Holt D, Astor BC, et al. Chronic kidney disease awareness, prevalence, and trends among U.S. adults, 1999 to 2000. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2005;16(1):180-188.
4. National Kidney Foundation. K/DOQI clinical practice guidelines for chronic kidney disease: evaluation, classification, and stratification. Am J Kidney Dis. 2002;39 (2 suppl 1):S1-266. Available at:
   http://www.kidney.org/professionals/kdoqi/guidelines_ckd/toc.htm. Accessed July 19, 2009.