Are Your Kidneys Ok? Detect Early to Protect Kidney Health
Early identification of kidney disease can protect kidney health, prevent kidney disease progression and related complications, reduce cardiovascular disease risk, and decrease mortality. We must ask “Are your kidneys ok?” using serum creatinine to estimate kidney function and urine albumin to asses...
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| author | Joseph A. Vassalotti Anna Francis Augusto Cesar Soares dos Santos, Jr. Ricardo Correa-Rotter Dina Abdellatif Li-Li Hsiao Stefanos Roumeliotis Agnes Haris Latha A. Kumaraswami Siu-Fai Lui Alessandro Balducci Vassilios Liakopoulos |
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| description | Early identification of kidney disease can protect kidney health, prevent kidney disease progression and related complications, reduce cardiovascular disease risk, and decrease mortality. We must ask “Are your kidneys ok?” using serum creatinine to estimate kidney function and urine albumin to assess for kidney and endothelial damage. Evaluation for causes and risk factors for chronic kidney disease (CKD) includes testing for diabetes and measurement of blood pressure and body mass index. This World Kidney Day we assert that case-finding in high-risk populations, or even population level screening, can decrease the burden of kidney disease globally. Early-stage CKD is asymptomatic and simple to test for, and recent paradigm shifting CKD treatments such as sodium glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitors dramatically improve outcomes and favor the cost-benefit analysis for screening or case-finding programs. Despite this, numerous barriers exist, including resource allocation, health care funding, health care infrastructure, and health care professional and population awareness of kidney disease. Coordinated efforts by major kidney nongovernmental organizations to prioritize the kidney health agenda for governments and aligning early detection efforts with other current programs will maximize efficiencies. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-469ba97f4a934e71b4a2ffbf5683ca912025-08-20T02:06:04ZengElsevierKidney International Reports2468-02492025-03-0110362963610.1016/j.ekir.2025.01.033Are Your Kidneys Ok? Detect Early to Protect Kidney HealthJoseph A. Vassalotti0Anna Francis1Augusto Cesar Soares dos Santos, Jr.2Ricardo Correa-Rotter3Dina Abdellatif4Li-Li Hsiao5Stefanos Roumeliotis6Agnes Haris7Latha A. Kumaraswami8Siu-Fai Lui9Alessandro Balducci10Vassilios Liakopoulos11Mount Sinai Hospital, Department of Medicine-Renal Medicine, New York, New York, USA; National Kidney Foundation, Inc., New York, New York, USAQueensland Children’s Hospital, Department of Nephrology, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; Correspondence: Anna Francis, Queensland Children’s Hospital, Department of Nephrology, 501 Stanley Street, South Brisbane QLD 4101, Queensland, Australia.Faculdade Ciencias Medicas de Minas Gerais, Brazil, Hospital das Clinicas, Ebserh, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, BrazilInstituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, MexicoDepartment of Nephrology, Cairo University Hospital, Cairo, EgyptRenal Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USASecond Department of Nephrology, American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA) University Hospital Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece; Stefanos Roumeliotis, Second Department of Nephrology, American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA) University Hospital, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 1 St. Kyriakidi str, 54636 Thessaloniki, Greece.Nephrology Department, Péterfy Hospital, Budapest, HungaryTamilnad Kidney Research (TANKER) Foundation, Chennai, IndiaDivision of Health System, Policy and Management, Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong KongItalian Kidney Foundation, Rome, ItalySecond Department of Nephrology, American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA) University Hospital Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, GreeceEarly identification of kidney disease can protect kidney health, prevent kidney disease progression and related complications, reduce cardiovascular disease risk, and decrease mortality. We must ask “Are your kidneys ok?” using serum creatinine to estimate kidney function and urine albumin to assess for kidney and endothelial damage. Evaluation for causes and risk factors for chronic kidney disease (CKD) includes testing for diabetes and measurement of blood pressure and body mass index. This World Kidney Day we assert that case-finding in high-risk populations, or even population level screening, can decrease the burden of kidney disease globally. Early-stage CKD is asymptomatic and simple to test for, and recent paradigm shifting CKD treatments such as sodium glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitors dramatically improve outcomes and favor the cost-benefit analysis for screening or case-finding programs. Despite this, numerous barriers exist, including resource allocation, health care funding, health care infrastructure, and health care professional and population awareness of kidney disease. Coordinated efforts by major kidney nongovernmental organizations to prioritize the kidney health agenda for governments and aligning early detection efforts with other current programs will maximize efficiencies.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468024925000580albuminuriacase findingchronic kidney diseasepreventionproteinuriascreening |
| spellingShingle | Joseph A. Vassalotti Anna Francis Augusto Cesar Soares dos Santos, Jr. Ricardo Correa-Rotter Dina Abdellatif Li-Li Hsiao Stefanos Roumeliotis Agnes Haris Latha A. Kumaraswami Siu-Fai Lui Alessandro Balducci Vassilios Liakopoulos Are Your Kidneys Ok? Detect Early to Protect Kidney Health Kidney International Reports albuminuria case finding chronic kidney disease prevention proteinuria screening |
| title | Are Your Kidneys Ok? Detect Early to Protect Kidney Health |
| title_full | Are Your Kidneys Ok? Detect Early to Protect Kidney Health |
| title_fullStr | Are Your Kidneys Ok? Detect Early to Protect Kidney Health |
| title_full_unstemmed | Are Your Kidneys Ok? Detect Early to Protect Kidney Health |
| title_short | Are Your Kidneys Ok? Detect Early to Protect Kidney Health |
| title_sort | are your kidneys ok detect early to protect kidney health |
| topic | albuminuria case finding chronic kidney disease prevention proteinuria screening |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468024925000580 |
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