Abdominal Key

2 General Practitioner, Birmingham, UK Introduction In the past, kidney medicine was regarded as rare, complicated and best left to the specialists. Now it is an everyday part of primary…

End-stage kidney diseaseDialysis-dependent > 3 months Adverse consequences of kidney injury on hospital survival In an Australian study of hospitalised patients identified by the RIFLE classification (Table 7.1), Uchino et…

    where F = 1.23 (males), 1.04 (females). Ideal body weight should be used for obese patients, as actual bodyweight would overestimate creatinine clearance, leading to an overdose. Actual bodyweight should…

2 Queen’s University Belfast, UK3 Manchester Business School, The University of Manchester, UK Introduction It is estimated that 9% of the English adult population have chronic kidney disease (CKD) stages…

2Renal Dietitian, Logan Hospital, Brisbane, Australia Introduction This chapter aims to describe the main aspects of diet in chronic kidney disease (CKD) and to provide non-specialists with practical information on…

2 Manchester Business School, The University of Manchester, UK3 Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK Introduction Irrespective of the specialty, all hospitalised patients are at risk of…