Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) Questions & Answers

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31. Norris KC, Agodoa LY. Unraveling the racial disparities associated with kidney disease. Kidney Int. 2005 Sep. 68(3):914-24. [QxMD MEDLINE Link].

32. Tangri N, Stevens LA, Griffith J, Tighiouart H, Djurdjev O, Naimark D, et al. A predictive model for progression of chronic kidney disease to kidney failure. JAMA. 2011 Apr 20. 305(15):1553-9. [QxMD MEDLINE Link].

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36. McNamara D. More frequent dialysis increases risk for complications. February 13, 2013. Medscape Medical News. Available at http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/779265. Accessed: August 29, 2013.

37. Sens F, Schott-Pethelaz AM, Labeeuw M, Colin C, Villar E. Survival advantage of hemodialysis relative to peritoneal dialysis in patients with end-stage renal disease and congestive heart failure. Kidney Int. 2011 Nov. 80(9):970-7. [QxMD MEDLINE Link].

38. Wald R, Yan AT, Perl J, et al. Regression of left ventricular mass following conversion from conventional hemodialysis to thrice weekly in-centre nocturnal hemodialysis. BMC Nephrol. 2012 Jan 19. 13(1):3. [QxMD MEDLINE Link].

39. Raphael KL, Wei G, Baird BC, Greene T, Beddhu S. Higher serum bicarbonate levels within the normal range are associated with better survival and renal outcomes in African Americans. Kidney Int. 2011 Feb. 79(3):356-62. [QxMD MEDLINE Link].

40. Navaneethan SD, Schold JD, Arrigain S, et al. Low 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Levels and Mortality in Non-Dialysis-Dependent CKD. Am J Kidney Dis. 2011 Oct. 58(4):536-43. [QxMD MEDLINE Link]. [Full Text].

41. Kendrick J, Cheung AK, Kaufman JS, Greene T, Roberts WL, Smits G, et al. Associations of plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D concentrations with death and progression to maintenance dialysis in patients with advanced kidney disease. Am J Kidney Dis. 2012 Oct. 60(4):567-75. [QxMD MEDLINE Link]. [Full Text].

42. Navaneethan SD, Schold JD, Arrigain S, Jolly SE, Jain A, Schreiber MJ Jr, et al. Low 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and mortality in non-dialysis-dependent CKD. Am J Kidney Dis. 2011 Oct. 58(4):536-43. [QxMD MEDLINE Link]. [Full Text].

43. Hedayati SS, Minhajuddin AT, Toto RD, Morris DW, Rush AJ. Validation of depression screening scales in patients with CKD. Am J Kidney Dis. 2009 Sep. 54(3):433-9. [QxMD MEDLINE Link].

44. Inker LA, Schmid CH, Tighiouart H, Eckfeldt JH, Feldman HI, Greene T, et al. Estimating glomerular filtration rate from serum creatinine and cystatin C. N Engl J Med. 2012 Jul 5. 367(1):20-9. [QxMD MEDLINE Link].

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46. Lemoine S, Panaye M, Pelletier C, Bon C, Juillard L, Dubourg L, et al. Cystatin C-Creatinine Based Glomerular Filtration Rate Equation in Obese Chronic Kidney Disease Patients: Impact of Deindexation and Gender. Am J Nephrol. 2016 Jul 12. 44 (1):63-70. [QxMD MEDLINE Link].

47. Barclay L. ACP Guidelines: Do Not Screen Asymptomatic Adults for CKD. Medscape Medical News. Oct 21 2013. January 8, 2018. [Full Text].

48. Barclay L. CKD: ASN Recommends Screening, Rejects ACP Statement. Medscape Medical News. Oct 23 2013. January 8, 2018. [Full Text].

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52. Levey AS, Bosch JP, Lewis JB, Greene T, Rogers N, Roth D. A more accurate method to estimate glomerular filtration rate from serum creatinine: a new prediction equation. Modification of Diet in Renal Disease Study Group. Ann Intern Med. 1999 Mar 16. 130(6):461-70. [QxMD MEDLINE Link].

53. Stevens LA, Schmid CH, Greene T, Zhang YL, Beck GJ, Froissart M, et al. Comparative performance of the CKD Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) and the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) Study equations for estimating GFR levels above 60 mL/min/1.73 m2. Am J Kidney Dis. 2010 Sep. 56(3):486-95. [QxMD MEDLINE Link]. [Full Text].

54. Silveiro SP, Araújo GN, Ferreira MN, Souza FD, Yamaguchi HM, Camargo EG. Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) equation pronouncedly underestimates glomerular filtration rate in type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Care. 2011 Nov. 34(11):2353-5. [QxMD MEDLINE Link]. [Full Text].

55. Schwartz GJ, Muñoz A, Schneider MF, Mak RH, Kaskel F, Warady BA, et al. New equations to estimate GFR in children with CKD. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2009 Mar. 20(3):629-37. [QxMD MEDLINE Link]. [Full Text].

56. [Guideline] Nesrallah GE, Mustafa RA, Clark WF, Bass A, Barnieh L, Hemmelgarn BR, et al. Canadian Society of Nephrology 2014 clinical practice guideline for timing the initiation of chronic dialysis. CMAJ. 2014 Feb 4. 186(2):112-7. [QxMD MEDLINE Link]. [Full Text].

57. Harrison L. Canada Guidelines Call for Kidney Dialysis Delay. Medscape [serial online]. Available at http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/820114. Accessed: February 10, 2014.

58. [Guideline] ElSayed NA, et al, on behalf of the American Diabetes Association. 11. Chronic Kidney Disease and Risk Management: Standards of Care in Diabetes-2023. Diabetes Care. 2023 Jan 1. 46 (Suppl 1):S191-S202. [QxMD MEDLINE Link]. [Full Text].

59. Hsu TW, Liu JS, Hung SC, et al. Renoprotective effect of renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system blockade in patients with predialysis advanced chronic kidney disease, hypertension, and anemia. JAMA Intern Med. 2013 Dec 16. [QxMD MEDLINE Link].

60. Park M, Hsu CY. An ACE in the hole for patients with advanced chronic kidney disease?. JAMA Intern Med. 2013 Dec 16. [QxMD MEDLINE Link].

61. O'Hare AM, Hotchkiss JR, Kurella Tamura M, et al. Interpreting Treatment Effects From Clinical Trials in the Context of Real-World Risk Information: End-Stage Renal Disease Prevention in Older Adults. JAMA Intern Med. 2014 Jan 13. [QxMD MEDLINE Link].

62. Perkovic V, et al; CREDENCE Trial Investigators. Canagliflozin and Renal Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes and Nephropathy. N Engl J Med. 2019 Jun 13. 380 (24):2295-2306. [QxMD MEDLINE Link]. [Full Text].

63. Cherney DZI, Dekkers CCJ, Barbour SJ, Cattran D, Abdul Gafor AH, Greasley PJ, et al. Effects of the SGLT2 inhibitor dapagliflozin on proteinuria in non-diabetic patients with chronic kidney disease (DIAMOND): a randomised, double-blind, crossover trial. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2020 Jul. 8 (7):582-593. [QxMD MEDLINE Link].

64. Heerspink HJL, Stefánsson BV, Correa-Rotter R, Chertow GM, Greene T, Hou FF, et al. Dapagliflozin in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease. N Engl J Med. 2020 Oct 8. 383 (15):1436-1446. [QxMD MEDLINE Link]. [Full Text].

65. Mosenzon O, Wiviott SD, Cahn A, Rozenberg A, Yanuv I, Goodrich EL, et al. Effects of dapagliflozin on development and progression of kidney disease in patients with type 2 diabetes: an analysis from the DECLARE-TIMI 58 randomised trial. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2019 Aug. 7 (8):606-617. [QxMD MEDLINE Link].

66. The EMPA-KIDNEY Collaborative Group, Herrington WG, Staplin N, et al. Empagliflozin in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease. N Engl J Med. 2023 Jan 12. 388 (2):117-127. [QxMD MEDLINE Link].

67. Bakris GL, et al; FIDELIO-DKD Investigators. Effect of Finerenone on Chronic Kidney Disease Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes. N Engl J Med. October 23, 2020. [Full Text].

68. Zoler ML. Novel Drug Slows Progression of Diabetic Kidney Disease. Medscape Medical News. Available at https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/939724. October 23, 2020; Accessed: October 26, 2020.

69. [Guideline] Whelton PK, Carey RM, Aronow WS, et al. 2017 ACC/AHA/AAPA/ABC/ACPM/AGS/APhA/ASH/ASPC/NMA/PCNA Guideline for the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults: Executive Summary: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2018 May 15. 71 (19):2199-2269. [QxMD MEDLINE Link]. [Full Text].

70. [Guideline] Cheung AK, Chang TI, Cushman WC, Furth SL, Hou FF, Ix JH, et al. Executive summary of the KDIGO 2021 Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Blood Pressure in Chronic Kidney Disease. Kidney Int. 2021 Mar. 99 (3):559-569. [QxMD MEDLINE Link]. [Full Text].

71. Peralta CA, Norris KC, Li S, et al. Blood Pressure Components and End-stage Renal Disease in Persons With Chronic Kidney Disease: The Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP). Arch Intern Med. 2012 Jan 9. 172(1):41-47. [QxMD MEDLINE Link].

72. Hermida RC, Ayala DE, Mojón A, Fernández JR. Bedtime Dosing of Antihypertensive Medications Reduces Cardiovascular Risk in CKD. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2011 Dec. 22(12):2313-21. [QxMD MEDLINE Link].

73. Levey AS, Adler S, Caggiula AW, et al. Effects of dietary protein restriction on the progression of moderate renal disease in the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease Study. J Am Soc Nephrol. 1996 Dec. 7(12):2616-26. [QxMD MEDLINE Link].

74. Kasiske BL, Lakatua JD, Ma JZ, Louis TA. A meta-analysis of the effects of dietary protein restriction on the rate of decline in renal function. Am J Kidney Dis. 1998 Jun. 31(6):954-61. [QxMD MEDLINE Link].

75. Fishbane S, Chittineni H, Packman M, Dutka P, Ali N, Durie N. Oral paricalcitol in the treatment of patients with CKD and proteinuria: a randomized trial. Am J Kidney Dis. 2009 Oct. 54(4):647-52. [QxMD MEDLINE Link].

76. Douglas D. Vitamin D Curbs Albuminuria in Kidney Disease. Medscape Medical News. Available at http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/810806. Accessed: September 16, 2013.

77. Molina P, Górriz JL, Molina MD, Peris A, Beltrán S, Kanter J, et al. The effect of cholecalciferol for lowering albuminuria in chronic kidney disease: a prospective controlled study. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2013 Aug 24. [QxMD MEDLINE Link].

78. Plantinga L, Grubbs V, Sarkar U, et al. Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug Use Among Persons With Chronic Kidney Disease in the United States. Ann Fam Med. 2011 September-October. 9(5):423-430. [QxMD MEDLINE Link]. [Full Text].

79. Brown T. Potentially Unsafe Prescribing Common in Patients With CKD. Medscape Medical News. Available at https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/893606. March 8, 218; Accessed: March 9, 2018.

80. Hallan SI, Orth SR. Smoking is a risk factor in the progression to kidney failure. Kidney Int. 2011 Sep. 80(5):516-23. [QxMD MEDLINE Link].

81. Busko M. L-thyroxine dampens renal function decline in CKD with SCH. June 19, 2013. Medscape Medical News [serial online]. Available at http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/806543. Accessed: June 25, 2013.

82. Shin DH, Lee MJ, Lee HS, Oh HJ, Ko KI, Kim CH, et al. Thyroid hormone replacement therapy attenuates the decline of renal function in chronic kidney disease patients with subclinical hypothyroidism. Thyroid. 2013 Jun. 23(6):654-61. [QxMD MEDLINE Link]. [Full Text].

83. Shurraw S, Hemmelgarn B, Lin M, Majumdar SR, Klarenbach S, Manns B, et al. Association Between Glycemic Control and Adverse Outcomes in People With Diabetes Mellitus and Chronic Kidney Disease: A Population-Based Cohort Study. Arch Intern Med. 2011 Nov 28. 171(21):1920-1927. [QxMD MEDLINE Link].

84. Gupta N, Wish JB. Hypoxia-Inducible Factor Prolyl Hydroxylase Inhibitors: A Potential New Treatment for Anemia in Patients With CKD. Am J Kidney Dis. 2017 Jun. 69 (6):815-826. [QxMD MEDLINE Link]. [Full Text].

85. FDA Approves First Oral Treatment for Anemia Caused by Chronic Kidney Disease for Adults on Dialysis. U.S. Food & Drug Administration. Available at https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-approves-first-oral-treatment-anemia-caused-chronic-kidney-disease-adults-dialysis. February 8, 2023; Accessed: February 9, 2023.

86. Singh AK, Carroll K, Perkovic V, and the, ASCEND-D Study Group. Daprodustat for the Treatment of Anemia in Patients Undergoing Dialysis. N Engl J Med. 2021 Dec 16. 385 (25):2325-2335. [QxMD MEDLINE Link]. [Full Text].

87. Singh AK, Carroll K, McMurray JJV, and the, ASCEND-ND Study Group. Daprodustat for the Treatment of Anemia in Patients Not Undergoing Dialysis. N Engl J Med. 2021 Dec 16. 385 (25):2313-2324. [QxMD MEDLINE Link]. [Full Text].

88. [Guideline] Ketteler M, Block GA, Evenepoel P, Fukagawa M, Herzog CA, McCann L, et al. Diagnosis, Evaluation, Prevention, and Treatment of Chronic Kidney Disease-Mineral and Bone Disorder: Synopsis of the Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes 2017 Clinical Practice Guideline Update. Ann Intern Med. 2018 Feb 20. S1-130. [QxMD MEDLINE Link]. [Full Text].

89. Isakova T, Nickolas TL, Denburg M, Yarlagadda S, Weiner DE, Gutiérrez OM, et al. KDOQI US Commentary on the 2017 KDIGO Clinical Practice Guideline Update for the Diagnosis, Evaluation, Prevention, and Treatment of Chronic Kidney Disease-Mineral and Bone Disorder (CKD-MBD). Am J Kidney Dis. 2017 Dec. 70 (6):737-751. [QxMD MEDLINE Link].

90. [Guideline] Dasgupta I, Shroff R, Bennett-Jones D, McVeigh G, NICE Hyperphosphataemia Guideline Development Group. Management of hyperphosphataemia in chronic kidney disease: summary of National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guideline. Nephron Clin Pract. 2013. 124 (1-2):1-9. [QxMD MEDLINE Link]. [Full Text].

91. Shaman AM, Kowalski SR. Hyperphosphatemia Management in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease. Saudi Pharm J. 2016 Jul. 24 (4):494-505. [QxMD MEDLINE Link]. [Full Text].

92. Rizk R. Cost-effectiveness of phosphate binders among patients with chronic kidney disease not yet on dialysis: a long way to go. BMC Nephrol. 2016 Jul 8. 17 (1):75. [QxMD MEDLINE Link]. [Full Text].

93. Block GA, Wheeler DC, Persky MS, Kestenbaum B, Ketteler M, Spiegel DM, et al. Effects of phosphate binders in moderate CKD. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2012 Aug. 23(8):1407-15. [QxMD MEDLINE Link]. [Full Text].

94. de Brito-Ashurst I, Varagunam M, Raftery MJ, Yaqoob MM. Bicarbonate supplementation slows progression of CKD and improves nutritional status. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2009 Sep. 20(9):2075-84. [QxMD MEDLINE Link]. [Full Text].

95. Harrison P. Sodium Bicarbonate Slows Chronic Kidney Disease Safely. Medscape Medical News. Available at https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/914574. June 18, 2019; Accessed: July 19, 2019.

96. Barclay L. CKD: KDIGO Guidelines Recommend Wider Use of Statins. Medscape Medical News. Available at http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/817504. Accessed: December 16, 2013.

97. [Guideline] Tonelli M, Wanner C. Lipid Management in Chronic Kidney Disease: Synopsis of the Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes 2013 Clinical Practice Guideline. Ann Intern Med. 2013 Dec 10. [QxMD MEDLINE Link].

98. Ha JT, Neuen BL, Cheng LP, Jun M, Toyama T, Gallagher MP, et al. Benefits and Harms of Oral Anticoagulant Therapy in Chronic Kidney Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Ann Intern Med. 2019 Jul 16. [QxMD MEDLINE Link].

99. Piccoli GB, Capizzi I, Vigotti FN, Leone F, D'Alessandro C, Giuffrida D, et al. Low protein diets in patients with chronic kidney disease: a bridge between mainstream and complementary-alternative medicines?. BMC Nephrol. 2016 Jul 8. 17 (1):76. [QxMD MEDLINE Link]. [Full Text].

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103. Romanowski A. Diets for Patients With CKD: What's New, What's Best?. Medscape Medical News. Available at https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/910884. March 27, 2019; Accessed: May 1, 2019.

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105. Goraya N, Simoni J, Jo C, Wesson DE. Dietary acid reduction with fruits and vegetables or bicarbonate attenuates kidney injury in patients with a moderately reduced glomerular filtration rate due to hypertensive nephropathy. Kidney Int. 2012 Jan. 81(1):86-93. [QxMD MEDLINE Link].

106. Mallamaci F, Pisano A, Tripepi G. Physical activity in chronic kidney disease and the EXerCise Introduction To Enhance trial. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2020 Mar 1. 35 (Suppl 2):ii18-ii22. [QxMD MEDLINE Link]. [Full Text].

107. Barcellos FC, Santos IS, Umpierre D, Bohlke M, Hallal PC. Effects of exercise in the whole spectrum of chronic kidney disease: a systematic review. Clin Kidney J. 2015 Dec. 8 (6):753-65. [QxMD MEDLINE Link].

108. Sakaguchi Y, Shoji T, Kawabata H, Niihata K, Suzuki A, Kaneko T, et al. High prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea and its association with renal function among nondialysis chronic kidney disease patients in Japan: a cross-sectional study. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2011 May. 6(5):995-1000. [QxMD MEDLINE Link]. [Full Text].

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Pradeep Arora, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Buffalo State University of New York School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences; Attending Nephrologist, Veterans Affairs Western New York Healthcare System

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