Description

A patient should be screened for chronic kidney disease (CKD) if certain conditions are present.


Indications to screen for chronic kidney disease:

(1) diabetes

(2) hypertension

(3) acute kidney injury

(4) cardiovascular disease

(5) structural renal disease

(6) renal calculi

(7) prostatic hypertrophy

(8) multisystem disease with potential renal involvement (autoimmune, etc)

(9) family history of end-stage kidney disease or hereditary kidney disease

(10) opportunistic detection of hematuria


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