The five stages of chronic kidney disease (CKD) indicate how well the kidneys are working, ranging from stage 1 (mild kidney damage) to stage 5 (kidney failure). The staging of CKD is based on a blood ...

Immunoglobulin A (IgA) nephropathy is a rare autoimmune disorder that causes kidney damage and often leads to kidney failure. IgA nephropathy occurs when clumps of IgA get deposited in the kidneys, ...

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Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, MD, PhD, MPH Nephrologists should rethink the screening level and offer a more conservative and meaningful cutoff level, such as an eGFR of 45. How often have you been consulted ...

The greatest mortality differences between women and men with stage 5 CKD occurred at ages younger than 65 years. In the general population, women tend to outlive men of the same age. However, among ...