Journal
KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL
Volume 86, Issue 2, Pages 246-250Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1038/ki.2014.190
Keywords
chronic kidney disease; epidemiology; surveillance
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- Amgen
- Colonial Foundation of Australia
- Queensland Health in-kind
- Roche
- NHMRC Australia (Australian Fellowship Wendy Hoy)
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [26305029] Funding Source: KAKEN
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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.
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