Screening for CKD: A Pro and Con Debate

[摘要] Should doctors screen asymptomatic patients for CKD? Screening for a disease is useful if it leads to improved outcomes for those so identified. Screening also carries risks: false-positive tests may cause anxiety and unnecessary procedures. Overdiagnosis is a risk (i.e., identifying individuals with a positive screen who have no inherent risk of progression or debility from that condition). False-negative tests can give false reassurance when disease progression occurs nonetheless.

[学科分类] 泌尿医学

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