Chronic Kidney Disease -Tovbin

Question 1

Stages of chronic kidney disease

Answer 1

Stage 1: Normal or increased GFR

Stage 2: Mildly decreased GFR (60-89mL/min)

Stage 3: GFR decreased to 30-59 Most metabolic and pathological comorbidities appear here

Stage 4: Severely decreased GFR (15-29)

Stage 5: GFR <15, ESRD

Between stages 1 and 5 there is a 30% increase in mortality.

In stages 4 and 5 there is 5x increased mortality