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New York- Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center/Weill Cornell Medical College
Simple model predicts those at risk for chronic kidney disease
January 22nd, 2009
Traditionally, doctors have had no clear way to predict which of their patients might be headed down the road to chronic kidney disease (CKD). Now, researchers at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have created a simple eight-point risk factor checklist to do just that. As reported in a special double issue (Dec. 8 and 22) of the Archives of Internal Medicine, the model accurately stratifies middle-aged and older patients at high risk for newly diagnosed CKD, which involves a gradual, even fatal loss of kidney function over time. According to the National Kidney Foundation,...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2009-01-22)
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