Chronic Kidney Disease Guideline

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has updated its clinical guideline on chronic kidney disease (CKD) to include new recommendations on the diagnosis and classification of the condition, and on its relationship with acute kidney injury. As the disease carries no symptoms it can often be hard to diagnose.Early diagnosis of CKD is important as it can help lower the risk of morbidity, mortality and associated healthcare costs. NICE now recommends that CKD should be classified using a combination of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and albumin:creatinine ratios (ACR) categories.

Chronic kidney disease: early identification and management of chronic kidney disease in adults in primary and secondary care; NICE guidelines [CG182] July 2014