Renal function can improve at any stage of chronic kidney disease.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Even though renal function decline is considered relentless in chronic kidney disease (CKD), improvement has been shown in patients with hypertensive nephropathy. Whether this can occur in any type of nephropathy and at any stage is unknown as are the features of patients who improve.

Methods

We identified 406 patients in the NephroTest cohort with glomerular filtration rates (mGFR) measured by (51)Cr-EDTA clearance at least 3 times during at least 2 years of follow-up. Individual examination of mGFR trajectories by 4 independent nephrologists classified patients as improvers, defined as those showing a sustained mGFR increase, or nonimprovers. Twelve patients with erratic trajectories were excluded. Baseline data were compared between improvers and nonimprovers

SUBMITTER: Weis L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3862566 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature