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The role of primary care in managing chronic kidney disease
Author(s) -
Maycock Alison J,
O'Callaghan Christopher A
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
prescriber
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.106
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1931-2253
pISSN - 0959-6682
DOI - 10.1002/psb.1460
Subject(s) - medicine , primary care , kidney disease , intensive care medicine , perspective (graphical) , disease , chronic disease , kidney , family medicine , artificial intelligence , computer science
The management of chronic kidney disease has evolved in recent years and primary care now has an important role to play in the prevention of renal morbidity. This article discusses the diagnosis, monitoring and treatment of chronic kidney disease from a primary care perspective.