Management of Chronic Kidney Disease

Vitamin deficiencies in chronic kidney disease

Endocrine disorders in chronic kidney disease

Background and Objective: Endocrine disorders are common in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). The aim of the present study is reviewing available literature to give a deep understanding of complexities of endocrine disorders in chronic kidney disease. Methods: A narrative reviewing method based on the available literature was approached. Findings: Generally, when renal function de...

Management of Osteoporosis in Chronic Kidney Disease

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients with coexisting osteoporosis are becoming common. Many of the therapeutic agents used to treat osteoporosis are known to be affected by the renal function. It is generally thought that osteoporosis in G1 to G3 CKD patients can be treated as in non-CKD patients with osteoporosis. In stage 4 or more advanced CKD patients and CKD patients on dialysis with oste...

Handbook of Chronic Kidney Disease Management

Besides his excellent scientific work on haemodialysis adequacy, Dr Daugirdas is the very successful editor of the popular web-based educational programme, HDCN, as well as the renowned editor of the widely read Handbook of Dialysis. As a somewhat reversed continuum to the haemodialysis handbook, Dr Daugirdas has now edited the actual Handbook of Chronic Kidney Disease Management. He has assemb...

Diagnosis and management of chronic kidney disease.

As the US population has continued to age, the number of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) has dramatically increased. Faced with this increase, clinicians need a better understanding of what an elevated serum creatinine level represents and a simple codified approach to evaluating renal failure. Creatinine, a muscle waste product, has an imperfect but predictable association with the ...