Background Disease prevention is a central aspect of primary care practice and is
comprised of primary (eg, vaccinations), secondary (eg, screenings), tertiary (eg, chronic …

Background Despite the availability of effective therapies for patients with chronic kidney
disease, type 2 diabetes, and hypertension (the kidney-dysfunction triad), the results of large …

Globally, nearly 10% of the population has chronic kidney disease (CKD), defined as a
glomerular filtration rate less than 60 mL/min/1.73 m2 and/or a urinary albumin to creatinine …

Objective Blood pressure (BP) control rates among adult patients taking antihypertensive
medications in the United States have not improved over the last decade. Many CKD adults …

Background Patients with early chronic kidney disease (CKD) or underlying risk factors are
often unaware of their kidney test results, common causes of CKD, and ways to lower risk of …

Background There are major gaps in the implementation of guideline-concordant care for
persons with chronic kidney disease (CKD). The CKD Cascade of Care (C3) initiative seeks …

Background: Guidelines in Ontario, Canada, recommend timely referral for multidisciplinary
kidney care to facilitate planned dialysis initiation. Many patients do not receive …

The existing trials have focused on a variety of interventions to improve outcomes in renal
failure; however, quantitative evidence comparing the effect of performing multidimensional …

Background The Initiating Dialysis Early and Late (IDEAL) trial, published in 2009, found no
clinically measurable benefit with respect to risk of mortality or early complications with early …

The gaps in chronic kidney disease (CKD) detection and treatment have stubbornly
remained wide. 1 In addition to very low awareness of CKD among affected patients, 2 …