Compared to Just Two Years Ago, Primary Care Physicians Report Substantial Changes in Their Knowledge and Use of the National Kidney Foundation's Chronic Kidney Disease Staging Criteria

BioTrends Research Group, Inc. recently published its Special Report: Referrals in Nephrology II. This report is based on online survey results from over 300 physicians. It provides insight into the referral patterns and co-management of patients with chronic kidney disease (pre-dialysis) from the perspective of nephrologists, endocrinologists, and primary care physicians. The report focuses on understanding these physicians' awareness of kidney disease, triggers for referral, knowledge of and treatment with therapies for hypertension, diabetes, renal anemia, secondary hyperparathyroidism and hyperphosphatemia. It also models the number of chronic kidney disease non-dialysis patients under...

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