Identifying Adult Patients With CKD

CKD is more prevalent than you may expect

• Nearly 30 million adults in the US have chronic kidney disease (CKD), also called chronic
  renal insufficiency (CRI)¹⁸

The National Kidney Foundation Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (KDOQITM) has established a widely accepted CKD stage classification system and has provided CKD-related guidance for more than 10 years^7,15

• KDOQI™ Guidelines refer to patients with chronic renal insufficiency (CRI) as having chronic kidney disease (CKD), while others refer to them as having end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in more severe cases. CKD, CRI, and ESRD all refer to kidney disease


• Upon establishing the KDOQI™ Guidelines, the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) adopted the term CKD as a universal term to highlight all those who are affected by kidney disease
• CKD is defined as 3 months or more of either¹⁵:


• Kidney damage (pathologic abnormalities or markers of damage including abnormalities in blood or urine tests or imaging studies), or


• GFR <60 mL/min with or without kidney damage


• GFR is considered the best overall index of a patient's kidney function

Stages of CKD¹⁵


CKD staging according to glomerular filtration rate (GFR) range adapted from KDOQI.¹⁵

• CKD may be a significant comorbid condition in many of the patients you treat

^aProjection based on CKD prevalence estimates from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999-2004 and 2008 US adult population (18+ years) US Census estimates.^18,19


KDOQI is a trademark of the National Kidney Foundation, Inc.

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