Management of acute kidney disease as part of routine clinical care in low-resource settings: The International Society of Nephrology Kidney Care Network Project.

ABSTRACT: Acute Kidney Disease (AKD) commonly affects disadvantaged populations in low-resourced areas with poor access to kidney care. Here, barriers to management include a lack of AKD education alongside an inability to measure serum creatinine (SCr) to identify kidney disease. The Kidney Care Network (KCN) is a service improvement initiative which aims to implement a novel strategy for the management of AKD into routine clinical care in low- and low-middle income countries (LLMICs). The strategy includes the development of a scoring system to screen patients for risk of AKD and the use of a device to measure SCr at the point-of-care (POC). This approach is underpinned by dedicated AKD training activities for healthcare workers providing front line clinical care. We report feasibility in the impl

SUBMITTER: Evans RDR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12011220 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature