The following addons cannot be used, because your plan has expired. To renew your subscription, please visit our website.
Kidney disease impact millions of Americans and is often associated with other diseases such as diabetes and elevated blood pressure (called hypertension). The statistics about the prevalence and outcomes of kidney disease come from the United States Renal Data System (USRDS) which publish a report every year. The most recent available report to date is…
For a long time, Nephrologists (kidney doctors) did not agree on what chronic kidney disease was. In 2002, the National Kidney Foundation published its first KDOQI (Kidney Disease Outcome Quality Initiative) guidelines defining chronic kidney disease. It was described as any kidney damage lasting three months or more. Damage to the kidneys damage can be…