Chronic Kidney Disease

Lilibeth Guzman
HSCI 6220
Professor Dr. Mshigeni
November 15, 2021
Objectives

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Learn ways to slow Learn why kidneys Find resources to Learn who is at risk
progression of are important and provide loved ones to develop chronic
chronic kidney why we need them. who are affected by kidney disease
disease chronic kidney
disease
What is Chronic Kidney disease?

Definition: Why Kidneys are Important:

• Chronic Kidney disease • The kidneys are important
included conditions that to the body because it
damage your kidneys and removes waste products
decrease their ability to from the blood and
keep the body healthy by produce's urine. Kidneys
doing their physiological control the levels of many
duties. substances in the blood
and help control blood
pressure.
Risk Factors
Chronic Kidney Disease occur when a disease or condition
impairs kidney function, causing kidney damage to worsen over
months or years.

Disease and risk factors that increase your risk of chronic

kidney disease:
• Diabetes
• Obesity
• High blood pressure/ Heart Disease
• Pyelonephritis (infection of kidney)
• Glomerulonephritis (inflammation of kidneys)
• Smoking
• Family history
• Race/ethnicity
• Age
• Use of frequent medication that can damage kidneys
Population at Risk (people)

Table 1 Table 2
Population at Table 1: Family income

Risk Table 2: Country of Birth

Table 3: Race/ethnicity

(Magnitude)

Table 1 Table 2 Table 3

Location
• The chronic kidney disease
surveillance system indicates
California as a middle rate.
Time

How long can you How fast can

live with chronic chronic kidney
kidney disease? disease progress?

How long can one

have kidney
disease without
knowing?
Prevention
Strategies
Follow instructions on over-the-
counter medications

Maintain a healthy weight

Don’t smoke

Manage medical conditions

 Interventions

Renal Healthy Diet

Dialysis

Medication

Transplant
Resources
American Renal Keck Medicine of USC:
Association USC Transplant Institute
• Information about your kidneys and dialysis • Kidney transplant clinical trails
• Support and patient's advocacy group • Receiving a Transplant
• Education
• Dialysis while traveling
• Kidney transplant resources If you have questions, you can call 323.442.5908
If you have questions, you can call 1-877-99-
RENAL (1-877-997-3625) or https://transplant.keckmedicine.org/kidney/
patients@americanrenal.com
https://www.americanrenal.com
 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Chronic Kidney Disease
Surveillance System—United States. website. http://www.cdc.gov/ckd
Go, A.S., Yang, J., Tan, T.C. et al. Contemporary rates and predictors of fast
progression of chronic kidney disease in adults with and without diabetes
mellitus. BMC Nephrol 19, 146 (2018).
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-018-0942-1

References InformedHealth.org [Internet]. Cologne, Germany: Institute for Quality and

Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG); 2006-. How does chronic kidney disease
progress? 2018 Mar 8. Available from:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK492987/
Office of Patient Education. Chronic kidney disease treatment options. Mayo
Clinic; 2020.
https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/kidney-disease/chronic-kidney-di
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