Chronic Kidney Disease
The Spanish Society of Nephrology and the Spanish Society of Family and Community Medicine have developed a consensus document which combine several recommendations to address this pathology
It is estimated that 10 percent of the adult population has some degree of chronic kidney disease (CKD), also a large number of CKD patients are undiagnosed.
Given the growing concern about this disease and high morbidity rates, from the Spanish Society of Nephrology (SEN) and from the Spanish Society of Family and Community Medicine (semFYC) has developed a consensus document which combine several recommendations to address this pathology.
In the consensus document has been docketed monitoring of CKD in Primary Care and Nephrology, intending to meet certain targets in terms of: the stage of CKD in which the patient is, their age, the rate of progression of renal failure, the degree of albuminuria and the appearance or not warning signs. Based on these criteria will be made referral to nephrology.
In the words of Dr. Isabel Egocheaga, a member of the Working Group on Hypertension of the semFYC and coordinator of the course, “family physicians play an important role in early detection of chronic kidney disease.
An aging population is a population we need to know how your kidney. The broad therapeutic arsenals at present and manage the frequency of polypharmacy in the elderly yarogenia favor the possibility of this type of patients.
Furthermore, knowing the possible alterations that accompany chronic renal disease, such as anemia and hyperkalemia, and peculiarities in the management of hypertension or diabetes mellitus in the presence of CKD will help establish an adequate monitoring patient with a better coordination of efforts between levels.