Diabetic kidney disease is a major caused of morbidity and premature death, in diabetic patients. It is multistage condition that requires many years before becoming clinically overt.
Moderate renal impairment (microalbuminuria) in a NIDDM is associated with a marked increase in cardiovascular death, or morbidity and poor quality of life.
- Stages of diabetic kidney disease
- Microalbuminuria
- Testing for urinary albumin excretion
- Pointers to a non diabetic cause of raised urinary albumin excretion (UAE)
- Management strategies for microalbuminuria
- Management strategies for clinical nephropathy in diabetes;
- PROTOCOL for Screening and Monitoring of Albuminuria
DIABETIC KIDNEY DISEASE