The NICE guideline for chronic kidney disease (CKD) was introduced in 2008, with the aim of assisting practitioners both in primary and secondary care in the early identification and management of patients with evidence of kidney disease. However, some debate still exists surrounding the implementation of this guideline in everyday clinical practice. In this article, we sort out
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Improving outcomes in cardiovascular disease: An Invest to Saveguide for practice based commissioners
Connecting to Europe. An update on the EPCCS and how to register for Catalan CVD CPD this September
Smoking cessation 3: nicotinic partial agonists in smoking cessation – varenicline and cytisine
Monitoring Chronic Kidney Disease Practice
Making Sense of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)
What exactly is chronic kidney disease (CKD), what causes it and how is it diagnosed? In this article we get down to the basics of defining what CKD is, and explore the stages of CKD. We review CKD progression and the assessment and management recommendations for each stage of CKD.
Chronic Kidney Disease – Promoting Self-Management
This article will discuss the evidence for the self-management of long-term conditions, with a focus on chronic kidney disease (CKD). Self-management of CKD can include activities to control and manage blood pressure (BP); changes to diet such as reduced salt intake; smoking cessation; and understanding of the action and side-effects of prescribed medicines.
Back to Basics: What goes wrong in chronic kidney disease
Vascular Risk Checks in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
Improving Organ Donation Registration in Primary Care
Organ transplants can save or dramatically improve lives, yet figures for 11 February 2009 showed there were 7,903 people in the UK still on waiting lists for transplants, with the majority waiting for a kidney transplant. Last year, more than 400 people died while on the transplant waiting list.
