Background Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a major public health problem, with increasing incidence and prevalence, poor outcomes, and high costs.[1-3] Long-term adverse outcomes associated... Read More
Most of these patients have not been diagnosed in the past, in part because there has not been systematic screening of individuals we know are at higher risk of chronic kidney disease, including... Read More
Recommendation 1 in the BC guidelines for chronic kidney disease[1] published in 2004 lists the following high-risk groups: • Anyone with diabetes. • Anyone with hypertension with or without... Read More
In the current era of physician shortages, overbooked offices, antiquated fee schedules, and lengthy waiting lists for access to specialty care, the prospect of managing a patient with chronic kidney... Read More
British Columbia is the first multilab jurisdiction in the world to routinely analyze serum creatinine values using an equation that provides an estimate of the glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), and... Read More