CKD: has implications well beyond the risk of dialysis
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Kidney disease does affect 1:10 adults. It is defined as: “abnormalities of kidney structure and/or function present for greater than three months, with implications for health.” A recent New York Times article describes a debate between nephrologists whereby some assert that lower eGFR is not necessarily kidney disease, and that because most older individuals with impaired kidney...