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WHO’S AT RISK?

Pay particular attention to your high-risk patients. Hypertension and diabetes are the most common causes of CKD and kidney failure in adults.3,14 Another common cause of CKD is cardiovascular disease.15

IDENTIFY RISK FACTORS THAT CAN BE CONTROLLED THROUGH COUNSELLING AND TREATMENT

Patients who meet one or more of these criteria are at higher risk and should be screened every 1-2 years, depending on risk factors. 4,9,16,17

Patients risk factors
Patients risk factors

“I would tell others who
are newly diagnosed,
please don’t panic.”

- CKD PATIENT

The patient images are not actual patients.

LEARN MORE ABOUT PATIENTS AT RISK

Download the CKD Guide to read more about at-risk patients and how you can help.

GET THE CKD GUIDE

LEARN MORE ABOUT PATIENTS AT RISK

Download the CKD Guide to read more about at-risk patients and how you can help.

GET THE CKD GUIDE

“I would tell others who are newly diagnosed, please don’t panic.”

- CKD PATIENT

The patient images are not actual patients.

NEXT: How to Talk CKD With Patients

CKD = chronic kidney disease; CV = cardiovascular; eGFR = estimated glomerular filtration rate; GFR = glomerular filtration rate; UACR = urine albumin - to - creatinine ratio.

References

  1. Kidney Health Australia. Evidence Report 2021. Make the Link Kidneys, Diabetes & Heart. Accessed March 2023. Available at: https://kidney.org.au/uploads/resources/KHA-Report-Make-the-link-kidneys-diabetes-heart.pdf
  2. Ravera M et al. Am J Kidney Dis. 2011;57(1):71-77.
  3. GBD Chronic Kidney Disease Collaboration. Lancet. 2020;395(10225):709-733.
  4. Kidney Health Australia. Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) Management in Primary Care. 4th Edition (2020). Accessed August 2022. Available at: https://kidney.org.au/uploads/resources/CKD-Management-in-Primary-Care_handbook_2020.1_2021-05-14-070433.pdf
  5. Larmour K et al. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2021;16(7):1117-1119.
  6. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Australian Health Survey: Biomedical Results for Chronic Diseases. Accessed April 2023. Available at: https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/health/health-conditions-and-risks/australian-health-survey-biomedical-results-chronic-diseases/latest-release#chronic-kidney-disease
  7. Kidney Health Australia, Algorithm for initial detection of CKD. Accessed August 2022. Available at: Algorithm-for-initial-detection-of-CKD_2021_logo.pdf (kidney.org.au)
  8. Ryan TP et al. Am J Med. 2007;120(11):981-986.
  9. Kidney Disease: The Basics. National Kidney Foundation. Published May 2020. Accessed July 2021. Available at: https://www.kidney.org/news/newsroom/factsheets/KidneyDiseaseBasics
  10. Go AS et al. N Engl J Med. 2004;351(13):1296-1305.
  11. Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR). National Kidney Foundation. Reviewed 14 September 2020. Accessed July 2021. Available at: https://www.kidney.org/atoz/content/gfr
  12. Kidney Health Australia. Stages of kidney disease. Accessed July 2021. Available at: https://kidney.org.au/your-kidneys/what-is-kidney-disease/stages-of-kidney-disease
  13. Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO). KDIGO 2012 Clinical Practice Guideline for the Evaluation and Management of Chronic Kidney Disease. Kidney Int. 2013;3(1):1-150. Accessed March 2023. Available at: https://kdigo.org/wpcontent/uploads/2017/02/KDIGO_2012_CKD_GL.pdf
  14. Ghaderian SB et al. J Renal Inj Prev. 2014;3(4)109-110.
  15. Courser WG et al. Kidney Int. 2011;80(12):1258-1270.
  16. Kidney Disease Stats. National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. December 2016. Accessed July 2021. Available at: https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/health-statistics/kidney-disease
  17. Yacoub R et al. BMC Public Health. 2010;10:731.
  18. Schnaper HW. Pediatr Nephrol. 2014;29(2):193-202.
  19. Chagnac A et al. Nephron. 2019;143(1):38-42.
  20. Cravedi P et al. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2013;76(4):516-523.
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