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Kidney Disease

Editors' Choice of Best Available Content

This collection features the best content from AFP, as identified by the AFP editors, on kidney disease and related issues, including acute renal failure, chronic kidney disease, dialysis, hematuria, proteinuria, and renal disease. New research may affect the interpretation and application of this material. Clinical judgment is advised. Note that AFP content published within the past 12 months is accessible to AAFP members and paid subscribers only.

Categories

Overview

Screening and Diagnosis

Treatment

Complications and Special Situations

Editorials and Letters

Patient Education, Self-Care

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Overview
12/01/2019	Acute Kidney Injury: Diagnosis and Management
09/01/2014	Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease
07/15/2014	ACP Releases Guideline on Screening, Monitoring, and Treatment of Stage 1 to 3 Chronic Kidney Disease [Practice Guidelines]
08/01/2007	Acute Renal Failure [Clinical Evidence Handbook]
Screening and Diagnosis
12/15/2017	Chronic Kidney Disease: Detection and Evaluation
02/15/2017	Proteinuria in Children: Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis
02/15/2014	Screening for Chronic Kidney Disease [Putting Prevention into Practice]
02/15/2014	Screening for Chronic Kidney Disease: Recommendation Statement [U.S. Preventive Services Task Force]
08/01/2009	Radiologic Evaluation of Suspected Renovascular Hypertension
08/01/2008	Radiologic Evaluation of Hematuria: Guidelines from the American College of Radiology's Appropriateness Criteria
01/15/2007	Chronic Kidney Disease Screening Recommended in Patients with CVD [Practice Guidelines]
05/15/2006	Assessment of Microscopic Hematuria in Adults
03/15/2005	Urinalysis: A Comprehensive Review
09/15/2000	Proteinuria in Adults: A Diagnostic Approach
Treatment
12/01/2020	Low-Protein Diets for Adults Without Diabetes Mellitus Who Have CKD [Cochrane for Clinicians]
09/15/2020	Screening for Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Adolescents and Adults [Putting Prevention into Practice]
04/01/2017	Effects of Altered Dietary Salt Intake in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease [Cochrane for Clinicians]
10/15/2016	ACE Inhibitors or ARBs to Prevent CKD in Patients with Microalbuminuria [FPIN's Clinical Inquiries]
10/15/2012	Update on the Management of Chronic Kidney Disease
04/01/2012	End-Stage Renal Disease: Symptom Management and Advance Care Planning
12/15/2010	End-stage Renal Disease [Clinical Evidence Handbook]
01/01/2010	Statins for Non-Dialysis Chronic Kidney Disease [Cochrane for Clinicians]
07/01/2007	ACE Inhibitors vs. ARBs for Patients with Diabetic Kidney Disease [Cochrane for Clinicians]
05/15/2007	Drug Dosing Adjustments in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
Complications and Special Situations
06/01/2021	Chronic Kidney Disease in Diabetes: Guidelines from KDIGO [Practice Guidelines]
06/15/2019	Diabetic Kidney Disease: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention
03/15/2016	Diagnosis and Management of Nephrotic Syndrome in Adults
10/01/2009	Gadolinium-Associated Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis
09/15/2008	Drug-Induced Nephrotoxicity
08/15/2006	CDC Reports on End-stage Renal Disease in Patients with Diabetes [Practice Guidelines]
07/01/2006	Antihypertensive Agents for Prevention of Diabetic Nephropathy [Cochrane for Clinicians]
06/15/2003	Diagnosis and Management of Acute Interstitial Nephritis
Editorials and Letters
Patient Education, Self-Care
12/15/2017	Chronic Kidney Disease: What You Should Know
03/15/2016	Nephrotic Syndrome
04/01/2012	Advanced Kidney Disease
From FamilyDoctor.org AAFP's Patient Information Resource
	Chronic Kidney Disease
	Polycystic Kidney Disease
	Interstitial Nephritis
	Kidney Stones
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