Chronic renal failure. Clinical Evaluation and management of chronic kidney disease.

Question 1

What is chronic renal failure?

Answer 1

• aka CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE
• encompasses all degrees of decreased kidney function, from damage
• The guidelines define CKD as either kidney damage or a decreased glomerular filtration rate (GFR) of less than 60 mL/min/1.73 m2 for at least 3 months.
• Whatever the underlying etiology, once the loss of nephrons and reduction of functional renal mass reaches a certain point, the remaining nephrons begin a process of irreversible sclerosis that leads to a progressive decline in the GFR.