Chronic kidney disease affects~ 37 million adults in the US, and it is often undiagnosed due
to a lack of apparent symptoms in early stages. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) interferes with …

CKD is a national public health problem that afflicts persons of all segments of society.
Although racial/ethnic disparities in advanced CKD including dialysis-dependent …

Background: Trends in the prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) are important for
health care policy and planning. Objective: To update trends in CKD prevalence. Design …

Results There were 312 studies identified (n= 49,147,878), primarily in hospital settings.
Most studies originated from North America, Northern Europe, and Eastern Asia, from high …

Background: Equations to estimate glomerular filtration rate (GFR) are routinely used to
assess kidney function. Current equations have limited precision and systematically …

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is increasingly recognized as a global public health problem.
There is now convincing evidence that CKD can be detected using simple laboratory tests …

Worldwide, an estimated 200 million people have chronic kidney disease (CKD). In the
United States, African Americans (AAs) have a four-fold excess risk of CKD compared to non …

Background The impact of recent guidelines for early detection and prevention of chronic
kidney disease (CKD) on patient awareness of disease and factors that might be associated …

OBJECTIVE Diabetic nephropathy is one of the most common causes of end-stage renal
failure. Inhibition of ACE2 function accelerates diabetic kidney injury, whereas renal ACE2 is …

We demonstrate a digital sensing platform, termed Albumin Tester, running on a smart-
phone that images and automatically analyses fluorescent assays confined within …