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CKD patients are not receiving optimal care.(News)(chronic kidney disease)

Publication: Internal Medicine News
Publication Date: 15-JAN-08
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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SAN FRANCISCO -- A recent study indicates that about 41% of patients with chronic kidney disease receive their treatment solely from nonnephrologists, and about a third of these patients were not diagnosed, judging from the fact that their physicians never coded for the disorder.

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...just one of the indications that the U.S. medical system is failing to provide optimal care for patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), Dr. Allen R. Nissenson said at the annual meeting of the American Society of Nephrology. Both primary care physicians and nephrologists are failing to follow evidence-based guidelines...

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