Early diagnosis of CKD and its prevention.

ABSTRACT

Chronic kidney disease is associated with increased mortality and morbidity especially due to cardiovascular disease and imposes a huge economic burden to the family and health care delivery system. In both developing and developed countries, diabetes mellitus and hypertension are the leading causes of CKD. While dialysis and transplantation are excellent options for end stage kidney disease, they are costly. Renal transplant is again limited by organ shortage. The better strategy to tackle CKD will be early identification of the disease and adopt measures to slow its progression to ESRD. A comprehensive approach to the prevention of CKD and retarding its progression is outlined.