Picture the 1960s. Do images of hippies, the moon landing, and civil rights marches come to mind? The '60s were a time of cultural revolution, scientific breakthroughs, and social change.
You may not know that this time also marked a turning point in kidney care.
This decade laid the groundwork for the care that millions of people receive today. The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) was there to educate the public, push for better care, and advocate for life-saving treatments. Read more: kidney.org/news-stories/how...
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When did the current system of CKD stages come into being? When did the medical field identify the blood test markers and determine the stage a person might be at?
The reason I ask, I believe my father had kidney disease, he certainly had several of the symptoms. However, like many today, he was never told he had CKD. To me, it seems like he would have been stage 3b. So, my thinking is, the stages and blood tests for identification possibly didn't exist yet.
The first widely used equations to estimate glomerular filtration rate (GFR) were developed in the 1970s. The Cockcroft and Gault formula (CG) was developed in 1973 using data from 249 men. The Cockcroft-Gault equation was one of the first and was used to estimate GFR in adults from serum creatinine. To read more, visit: kidney.org/professionals/kd...
The CKD stages table, which classifies chronic kidney disease (CKD) into different stages based on glomerular filtration rate (GFR), was established in 2002 by the National Kidney Foundation's Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (KDOQI).
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NEWS FOR CKD PATIENTS FROM THE SECRETARY OF HHS
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