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This measures how well the kidneys removes waste, toxins, and extra fluid from the blood. We use serum creatinine, age, and gender to calculate this.
Approximately 1 in 3 adults with this condition may have CKD
What is diabetes?
These healthcare professionals are available to help improve an individual's diet and offer personalized meal plans for those with CKD or other health conditions.
What is a dietician/nutritionist?
This lifestyle practice can help to improve heart health and lower blood pressure. There is a wide range of activities this may fall under.
What is exercise?
This kind of doctor specializes in kidney treatment/diagnosis.
This is a blood test that measures creatinine in the blood. Levels >1.2 for females and >1.4 for men may mean the kidneys are not working well.
What is serum creatinine?
The second leading cause of kidney failure.
What is hypertension?
Dairy products, pasta, rice, read, eggs, diet soda etc
What is foods high in phosphorus?
This lifestyle habit can increase blood pressure and add extra calories to your diet, which can lead to weight gain.
What is drinking alcohol?
What is 5?
The amount of blood your kidneys filter daily.
What is 50 gallons?
The most common cause of death for someone on dialysis.
What is heart disease?
They help control phosphorus levels when it cannot be controlled by diet restriction
What is phosphate binders? e.g Calcium Carbonate
This lifestyle habit can worsen kidney disease and interfere with medications that lower blood pressure.
What is smoking?
The two ways in which CKD can be treated.
What is dialysis or transplant?
The percent of patients on the transplant list in need of a kidney.
What is 86%?
This preventable risk factor can contribute to an individual's chance of developing kidney disease.
What is obesity?
800-1200mg/day
What is dietary phosphorus restriction?
Prolonged use of this class of OTC drugs can damage the kidneys.
NSAIDs
Sevelamer, calcium-based phosphate binders
What is first-line agents for CKD-MBD?
How many minutes a person is added to the organ donation list.
What is every 8 minutes?
40% of people with severely reduced kidney function are not aware of having CKD. This can help to decrease this percentage.
What is regular testing?
what is potassium?
These are some supplements a person with CKD may be on.
What is vitamin D, folic acid, iron, etc.?
The more cost effective treatment resulting in about 3.4B spent annually.
What is transplant?