Volume 5, Number 3, May-June 2008

Optimising the detection and management of chronic kidney disease (CKD)
Donal O’Donoghue

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is common, harmful and treatable. The recognition of CKD as a public health problem has evolved, in part, from the acceptance of the conceptual model of CKD as a vascular risk factor and the introduction of a standard definition and classification of CKD. In this article, we look at the impact of CKD, its close association with cardiovascular disease and how to optimise its detection and management in primary care today.

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