Screening Is Part of Kidney Disease Education

[摘要] The National Kidney Disease Education Program (NKDEP), an initiative of the National Institutes of Health, works to reduce the morbidity and mortality caused by chronic kidney disease (CKD) and its complications through educational efforts targeted toward at-risk communities, patients, and health care professionals. Specifically, NKDEP aims to improve early detection of CKD, facilitate identification of patients who are at greatest risk for progression to kidney failure, and promote evidence-based interventions to slow progression of kidney disease. Guided by the Healthy People 2010 (1) objectives for CKD, NKDEP, based in the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, works collaboratively with partners throughout the National Institutes of Health, other federal agencies, and voluntary organizations to develop educational messages and deliver them to communities at risk, patients, and health care providers.

[学科分类] 泌尿医学

[关键词] Bone marrow necrosis;Sickle cell disease;Hyperhemolysis syndrome