A Guide to Chronic Kidney Disease
You have been to your doctor, and have been told that your kidneys are not working properly. What should you be thinking? What should you do? This website is to help you understand this problem. It and its associated links will answer questions most frequently asked by patients that have been through the same experience.
INSIDE THE KIDNEY- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- The Circulation
- Inside the Kidney
- The Filter
- Crossing the Membrane
- The Tubule
- Tubule Function
- Filter Waste Products
- Regulate Fluids
- Adjust Electrolyte and Acid Balance
- Activate Vitamin D
- Build Red Blood Cells
- Control Blood Pressure
- Who is at Risk
- The MDRD GFR
- Preventing and Delaying CKD
- Titrating Proteinuria
- Kidney Damage and CKD
- NKF Classification
- Stage 1 CKD Action Plan
- Stage 2 CKD Action Plan
- Stage 3 CKD Action Plan
- Stage 4 CKD Action Plan
- Stage 5 CKD Action Plan
- Modes of Therapy
- Hemodialysis
- Peritoneal Dialysis
- Slow Nocturnal Dialysis
- Short Daily Dialysis
- Managing ESRD
- Dialysis Access
- Transplant - Living Donors
- TRansplant - Decreased Donors
- Complications of Transplantation
- Self Assessment
