National Kidney Foundation Practice Guidelines for Chronic Kidney Disease: Evaluation, Classification, and Stratification
National Kidney Foundation Practice Guidelines for Chronic Kidney Disease: Evaluation, Classification, and Stratification
A. Levey,J. Coresh,7 Authors,G. Eknoyan
2003 · DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-139-2-200307150-00013
Annals of Internal Medicine · 4,769 Citations
TLDR
The goal is to disseminate the simple definition and five-stage classification system of Chronic kidney disease, to summarize the major recommendations on early detection of chronic kidney disease in adults, and to consider some of the issues associated with these recommendations.