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Diabetes and hypertension are the two most common risk factors for CKD. positive family history of CKD, autoimmune disease (including SLE, scleroderma, and polyarteritis nodosa), multiple myeloma and NSAID use. Only option C lists these correctly. | |||
===Age=== | |||
* Risks of CKD increases with age | |||
===Race=== | |||
* African-American or Hispanics are at increased risk | |||
*[[Diabetes]] | *[[Diabetes]] | ||
*High blood pressure ([[hypertension]]) | *High blood pressure ([[hypertension]]) | ||
Revision as of 08:03, 14 November 2012
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Aarti Narayan, M.B.B.S [2]
Overview
It is important to identify patients at risk for developing chronic renal disease, even in patients with a normal serum creatinine levels. Chronic renal failure, requiring dialysis or organ transplant, can often be prevented with early detection and treatment.
Risk factors
Diabetes and hypertension are the two most common risk factors for CKD. positive family history of CKD, autoimmune disease (including SLE, scleroderma, and polyarteritis nodosa), multiple myeloma and NSAID use. Only option C lists these correctly.
Age
- Risks of CKD increases with age
Race
- African-American or Hispanics are at increased risk
- Diabetes
- High blood pressure (hypertension)
- Autoimmune diseases
- Presence of proteinuria
- Abnormal urinary sediments
- Structural abnormalities of the urinary tract
- Heart disease
- Smoking
- Obesity
- High cholesterol
- African-American, American Indian or Asian-American race
- Certain DNA sequences like allelic versions of APOL1 gene, of the West African ancestry, contributes to a several fold higher risk of some etiologies of Chronic renal failure e.g focal segmental glomerulosclerosis.
- Family history of kidney disease
- Past history of Acute renal failure
- Age 65 or older