Chronic kidney disease: global dimension and perspectives

V Jha, G Garcia-Garcia, K Iseki, Z Li, S Naicker… - The Lancet, 2013 - thelancet.com
Chronic kidney disease is defined as a reduced glomerular filtration rate, increased urinary
albumin excretion, or both, and is an increasing public health issue. Prevalence is estimated …

Chronic kidney disease in low-income to middle-income countries: the case for increased screening

C George, A Mogueo, I Okpechi… - BMJ global …, 2017 - gh.bmj.com
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is fast becoming a major public health issue,
disproportionately burdening low-income to middle-income countries, where detection rates …

What do we know about chronic kidney disease in India: first report of the Indian CKD registry

MM Rajapurkar, GT John, AL Kirpalani, G Abraham… - BMC nephrology, 2012 - Springer
Background There are no national data on the magnitude and pattern of chronic kidney
disease (CKD) in India. The Indian CKD Registry documents the demographics, etiological …

Early referral to specialist nephrology services for preventing the progression to end‐stage kidney disease

NA Smart, G Dieberg, M Ladhani… - Cochrane Database of …, 2014 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Early referral of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) is believed to help
with interventions to address risk factors to slow down the rate of progression of kidney …

Influence of race, ethnicity and socioeconomic status on kidney disease

RE Patzer, WM McClellan - Nature Reviews Nephrology, 2012 - nature.com
Low socioeconomic status (SES) influences disease incidence and contributes to poor
health outcomes throughout an individual's life course across a wide range of populations …

The impact of CKD identification in large countries: the burden of illness

V Jha, AYM Wang, HY Wang - Nephrology Dialysis …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is becoming a major public health issue worldwide and an
important contributor to the overall non-communicable disease burden. It is associated with …

[HTML][HTML] Current status of end-stage renal disease care in India and Pakistan

V Jha - Kidney International Supplements, 2013 - Elsevier
India and Pakistan are the two largest and most populous countries in South Asia. The
burden of noncommunicable disease (NCD) has increased in recent years and it is …

Hemodialysis in asia

N Prasad, V Jha - Kidney Diseases, 2015 - karger.com
Background: Asia is the largest, most populous and most heterogeneous continent in the
world. The number of patients with end-stage renal disease is growing rapidly in Asia …

The Indian chronic kidney disease (ICKD) study: baseline characteristics

V Kumar, AK Yadav, J Sethi, A Ghosh… - Clinical kidney …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Background Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an important cause of morbidity and mortality
worldwide. There is a lack of information on epidemiology and progression of CKD in low …

[HTML][HTML] Chronic kidney disease in disadvantaged populations

G Garcia-Garcia, V Jha - Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological …, 2015 - SciELO Brasil
The increased burden of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in disadvantaged populations is due
to both global factors and population-specific issues. Low socioeconomic status and poor …