Your kidneys' primary function is to filter and excrete waste products. To find out how well your kidneys are doing, we measure the quantity of waste that circulates in your blood.
This is a test used to check how well the kidneys are working by estimating how much waste is in your blood. The more waste products in your blood the lower the filtration rate.
The two main causes of CKD are diabetes and hypertension, which are responsible for up to two-thirds of all cases.
Immune and inherited causes, as well as other reasons, are responsible for the rest.
The following video provides more information on the main causes of CKD, infographics with statistics in North America and important information about Kidney Failure Risk.
The following videos provide additional information about different levels of Kidney Failure Risk.
North Americans have CKD and more than 26 million have some form of the disease.
North Americans over the age of 65 have some form of CKD.
North Americans with kidney failure are currently awaiting kidney transplants.
Using the patient's Urine, Sex, Age and GFR, the kidney failure risk equation provides the 2 and 5 year probability of treated kidney failure for a potential patient with CKD stage 3 to 5.
Download the Your Kidneys, Your Health Handbook to understand more about CKD.
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The kidney failure risk equations were developed in patients with CKD stages G3-G5 referred to nephrologists in Canada, and have now been validated in more than 700,000 individuals spanning 30 + countries worldwide.
The four and eight variable equations accurately predict the 2 and 5 year probability of treated kidney failure (dialysis or transplantation) for a potential patient with CKD Stage 3 to 5. Predicted risks may differ from observed risks in clinical populations with lower and higher observed risks than the study population, and a calibration factor for non-North American cohorts has been added.
Determining the probability of kidney failure may be useful for patient and provider communication, triage and management of nephrology referrals and timing of dialysis access placement and living related kidney transplant. Prospective trials evaluating the utility of this instrument for clinical decision making are in progress.
CKD STAGES
GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE
Patient risk of progression to kidney failure requiring dialysis or transplant:
There are things you can do to reduce your risk of kidney failure over the next five years. Click below to see how the following will decrease your risk.
The benefits of these changes can add up over time.
Download the Your Kidneys, Your Health Handbook to understand more about CKD.
Download the Your Kidneys, Your Health Handbook to understand more about CKD.
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