Continuing Medical Education
Clinical aspects of chronic kidney disease
Abstract
Any patient seeking any form of medical advice at any clinic or hospital, or from a doctor or other healthcare worker, should have their
blood pressure recorded and a urine dipstick test done. The most useful indication of a diagnosis of any stage of chronic kidney disease, is
the presence of either hypertension, urinary dipstick abnormality or both. Many practitioners frequently refer such patients to urologists,
which must be discouraged. Referral should be to a nephrologist or specialist physician.
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B van Rensburg, Emeritus Professor, Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
A M Meyers, Donald Gordon Medical Centre, Klerksdorp Hospital, and National Kidney Foundation of South Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Date published: 2015-02-02
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