Chronic kidney disease is defined as either kidney damage or GFR <60 mL/min/1.73m 2 for ≥3 months. Kidney damage is defined as pathologic abnormalities or markers of damage, including ...

In a 2024 clinical practice guideline issued by the Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) organization, a ...

Aims The epidemiology of the five stages of chronic ... in Renal Disease Study equation. Patients were classified into five stages of CKD according to the National Kidney Foundation classification ...

Acute kidney disease or acute kidney failure (AKF): It occurs when the kidney function is reduced greatly or lost abruptly within a few hours or days. Chronic ... an Estimated GFR (eGFR) of ...

Estimation of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is generally dependent ... could reduce the rate of incorrect classification of stage 3 chronic kidney disease by 84%. They stress that although ...

Cystatin C is emphasized as a preferred biomarker for accurate GFR measurement in CKD assessment ... SGLT2 inhibitor use and refine chronic kidney disease (CKD) management. The Kidney Disease ...

Clinicians should continue to monitor UACR or UPCR in at-risk children. During periods of rapid growth such as puberty, children with low GFR may show rapid decline in kidney function. Puberty is a ...