Clinical and Medical Case Reports

Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Vaageswari College of Pharmacy, Karimnagar, Telangana, India

Publications

• Review   
  Chronic Kidney Disease: A Review
  Author(s): Shravan Kumar Dholi*, A. Swathi, B. Sahaja, Ch. Akanksha, M. Adithya and M. Srinivas Reddy
  
  Chronic kidney disease is a progressive disease with no cure and high morbidity and high mortality that occurs commonly in the general population, especially in people with diabetes mellitus and hypertension. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects between 8% and 16% of the population worldwide and is often under recognized by patients and clinical specialist. Defined by a glomerular filtration rate (GFR) of less than 60 mL/ min/1.73 m2, albuminuria of at least 30 mg per day, or markers of kidney damage (eg, hematuria or structural abnormalities such as polycystic or dysplastic kidneys) persisting for more than 3 months, CKD is more prevalent in low- and middle-income than in high-income countries. Globally, CKD is most commonly attributed to diabetes and/or hypertension, but other causes such as glomerulonephritis, infections, and environmental exposures (such as air pollutio.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.37421/2684-4915.2022.6.192

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