VITAL CKD KEEPING KIDNEYS HEALTHY

Higgins, Dr Rob978-1-85959-104-8, 978-1-85959-107-9, 978-1-85959-114-7, 978-1-85959-145-1

Table of contents :
Cover……Page 1
Contents……Page 4
Introduction……Page 8
1 Kidney basics……Page 9
WHAT IS CKD AND IS IT IMPORTANT?……Page 11
HOW IS CKD DIAGNOSED?……Page 13
IMAGING……Page 19
3 Classification of CKD……Page 22
EXAMPLES OF CLASSIFICATION OF CKD……Page 23
4 Epidemiology of CKD……Page 25
AGE……Page 26
MORTALITY RATE……Page 27
ETHNICITY……Page 28
DEPRIVATION……Page 29
MANAGEMENT OF STAGES 1–3……Page 30
MANAGEMENT OF STAGES 4–5……Page 31
REFERRAL TO A SPECIALIST……Page 32
MANAGEMENT OF HYPERTENSION……Page 34
MANAGEMENT OF CHOLESTEROL AND BLOOD LIPIDS……Page 39
MANAGEMENT OF MEDICINES……Page 42
DIABETES……Page 45
REFLUX NEPHROPATHY……Page 47
RENAL CYSTS AND POLYCYSTIC KIDNEYS……Page 48
RENAL ARTERY STENOSIS……Page 49
GLOMERULAR DISEASE……Page 50
NEPHROTIC SYNDROME……Page 53
MYELOMA……Page 55
SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS……Page 56
URINE INFECTION……Page 57
HEART FAILURE……Page 59
ANAEMIA……Page 61
CALCIUM AND BONES……Page 63
HYPERKALAEMIA……Page 65
LOIN PAIN……Page 66
DEPRESSION……Page 67
DIET AND FLUID INTAKE……Page 69
EXERCISE……Page 71
TRAVEL……Page 72
SEX……Page 73
PREGNANCY……Page 74
CHILDREN AND INHERITED CKD……Page 75
LIFE EXPECTANCY……Page 76
END-OF-LIFE CARE……Page 77
REFERRAL FOR CKD STAGE 3……Page 78
REFERRAL FOR CKD STAGE 4 AND HEART FAILURE……Page 79
REFERRAL FOR CKD STAGE 5……Page 80
REFERRAL FOR PROTEINURIA……Page 81
REFERRAL FOR UNCONTROLLED HYPERTENSION IN SOMEONE WITH VASCULAR DISEASE……Page 83
THE NATIONAL SERVICE FRAMEWORK……Page 85
GP CARE AND THE QUALITY AND OUTCOMES FRAMEWORK……Page 86
Glossary……Page 88
PATIENTS’ ASSOCIATIONS……Page 91
KEY WEBSITES……Page 92
REFERENCES……Page 93