title: Taming the chronic kidney disease epidemic: a global view of surveillance efforts.
abstract: Chronic kidney disease is now recognized to be a worldwide problem associated with significant morbidity and mortality and there is a steep increase in the number of patients reaching end-stage renal disease. In many parts of the world, the disease affects younger people without diabetes or hypertension. The costs to family and society can be enormous. Early recognition of CKD may help prevent disease progression and the subsequent decline in health and longevity. Surveillance programs for early CKD detection are beginning to be implemented in a few countries. In this article, we will focus on the challenges and successes of these programs with the hope that their eventual and widespread use will reduce the complications, deaths, disabilities, and economic burdens associated with CKD worldwide.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, USA.
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authors.lastname: Radhakrishnan
authors.affiliation: Azienda Ospedaliera Papa Giovanni XXIII, IRCCS-Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Bergamo, Italy.
authors.forename: Giuseppe
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authors.affiliation: Kidney Epidemiology and Cost Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
authors.forename: Rajiv
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Saran
authors.affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
authors.forename: Desmond E
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authors.lastname: Williams
authors.affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
authors.forename: Nilka
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rios-Burrows
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
authors.forename: Neil
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authors.affiliation: Clinical Informatics, Amsterdam Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Katharina
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authors.affiliation: Renal Division, Würzburg University Hospital, Würzburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Christoph
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authors.affiliation: Clinical Informatics, Amsterdam Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Vianda S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Stel
authors.affiliation: 1] Renal Medicine, Toowoomba Hospital, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia [2] Centre for Chronic Disease, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: Sree K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Venuthurupalli
authors.affiliation: Centre for Chronic Disease, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: Wendy E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Hoy
authors.affiliation: Renal Medicine, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: Helen G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Healy
authors.affiliation: Centre for Chronic Disease, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Salisbury
authors.affiliation: 1] Renal Medicine, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia [2] Schools of Medicine and Human Movement Studies, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: Robert G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Fassett
authors.affiliation: Institute of Population Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
authors.forename: Donal
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: O'Donoghue
authors.affiliation: Public Health and Medical Statistics Group, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Roderick
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan.
authors.forename: Seiichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matsuo
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Yaizu City Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hishida
authors.affiliation: Nakayamadera Imai Clinic, Takarazuka, Japan.
authors.forename: Enyu
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Imai
authors.affiliation: Clinical Research Support Center, University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Iimuro
mesh_terms: D042241:Early Diagnosis; D062665:Epidemiological Monitoring; D005260:Female; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D051436:Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy