Kidney FAQs
The answers to most common questions can be found somewhere on our Edren site. Here are links to pages that relevant to the most common questions arising in primary care:
- summary overview of approach to CKD
- all our other CKD pages (including pages on eGFR, proteinuria, haematuria, monitoring of CKD)
- blood pressure and cardiovascular risk
- prescribing for patients with kidney disease (including ACEi / antibiotics)
- hyperkalaemia
- diabetic kidney disease
- kidney cysts – how to evaluate patients found to have renal cysts on imaging
- PKD (Polycystic Kidney Disease) – including information about Tolvaptan treatment at www.edren.org/ren/gotpkd
There is a vast amount of information elsewhere on Edren:
- EdRen Info: information about kidney diseases for patients, doctors and all medical staff
- the EdRen Handbooks: information aimed primarily at hospital doctors about immediate management of renal problems
- the EdRep site: medical education materials