ABSTRACT
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a common disorder that requires close collaboration between the primary care physician and nephrologist. Most aspects of early CKD can be managed in the primary care setting with nephrology input. As the disease progresses, many aspects of care should be transitioned to the nephrologist, especially as the patient nears end-stage renal disease, when dialysis and transplantation must be addressed.
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- Ankit Sakhuja, MD,
- Jennifer Hyland, RN, MSN, CNP and
- James F. Simon, MD⇑
- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
- Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic
- Program Director, Nephrology Fellowship, Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic; Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
- ADDRESS:
James F. Simon, MD, Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Q7, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195; e-mail: simonj2{at}ccf.org
ABSTRACT
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a common disorder that requires close collaboration between the primary care physician and nephrologist. Most aspects of early CKD can be managed in the primary care setting with nephrology input. As the disease progresses, many aspects of care should be transitioned to the nephrologist, especially as the patient nears end-stage renal disease, when dialysis and transplantation must be addressed.
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