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Mike Mitka

JAMA. 2003;290:3051-3052.

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Too many individuals with risk factors for kidney disease are unaware they face a problem, according to a new study involving more than 11 000 participants.

This lack of awareness is often shared by these patients' physicians. Brian Pereira, MD, president of the National Kidney Foundation (NKF), said that physicians could diagnose kidney disease sooner and thus begin treatments when they have the best chance of improving outcomes. Pereira made these remarks in an October 28 statement that followed the release of results from a study of the NKF's Kidney Early Evaluation Program (Am J Kidney Dis. 2003;42[suppl 4]).

The increasing number of US patients with end-stage renal disease could reach 650 000 by 2010, driven in part by the aging population. To lower that number, kidney care advocates are alerting patients and physicians to the dangers of kidney disease to encourage intiating treatment in time to . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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