title: Early diagnosis of CKD and its prevention.
abstract: Chronic kidney disease is associated with increased mortality and morbidity especially due to cardiovascular disease and imposes a huge economic burden to the family and health care delivery system. In both developing and developed countries, diabetes mellitus and hypertension are the leading causes of CKD. While dialysis and transplantation are excellent options for end stage kidney disease, they are costly. Renal transplant is again limited by organ shortage. The better strategy to tackle CKD will be early identification of the disease and adopt measures to slow its progression to ESRD. A comprehensive approach to the prevention of CKD and retarding its progression is outlined.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Tamil Nadu Medical Service, Chennai.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Amaresan
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Geetha
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D003956:Dialysis; D004044:Dietary Proteins / Q000008:administration & dosage; D018450:Disease Progression; D005919:Glomerular Filtration Rate; D006801:Humans; D006949:Hyperlipidemias / Q000150:complications; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008019:Life Style; D015201:Meta-Analysis as Topic; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D011507:Proteinuria / Q000150:complications; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D012307:Risk Factors; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D004044:Dietary Proteins