ABCDE to identify and prevent chronic kidney disease: a call to action
Por:
Ferro, CJ, Wanner, C, Luyckx, V, Stevens, K, Cerqueira, S, Darwish, R, Fernandez, BF, Fiel, D, Filev, R, Grieger, M, Lopez, A, Luman, M, Malyszko, J, Nikolova-Vlahova, MK, Romero, F, Skalioti, C, Araujo, CARD, Ziedina, I, Gallego, D, Ortiz, A, Torra, R, Vanholder, R
Publicada:
1 sep 2025
Ahead of Print:
1 abr 2025
Resumen:
Kidney disease is a global health priority affecting >850 million people worldwide. This number is projected to increase over the coming decades given the increasing prevalence of diabetes, hypertension and obesity and the aging population. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) can reduce both life expectancy and quality of life and is intricately linked with cardiac and metabolic health-the cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic multimorbidity syndrome. With early recognition of risk, CKD can be prevented and with timely case finding, early diagnosis and early intervention, its progression can be halted or slowed. The European Renal Association has established the Strong Kidneys Task Force, with the main purpose of creating awareness about the importance of kidney health for individual and population health. In collaboration with the European Kidney Health Alliance and the European Kidney Patients Federation, the ABCDE campaign will empower communities and individuals to remind their healthcare providers to assess their risk of kidney disease. ABCDE asks five simple questions about health status that only the healthcare system can provide: A) Do I have Albumin in my urine? B) What is my Blood pressure? C) What is my Cholesterol? D) Do I have Diabetes? E) What is my current kidney function (Estimated glomerular filtration rate)? This advocacy text aims to inform individuals, communities and front line healthcare workers that capturing the risk of kidney, cardiac and metabolic health is simple, makes sense, is logical and will save lives. Although making meaningful change will take time and involve major personal and societal changes, the first step really is as easy as ABCDE!
Filiaciones:
Ferro, CJ:
Univ Birmingham, Inst Cardiovasc Sci, Birmingham, England
Queen Elizabeth Hosp Birmingham, Dept Renal Med, Birmingham, England
Wanner, C:
Univ Hosp Wurzburg, Comprehens Heart Failure Ctr, Dept Clin Res & Epidemiol, Wurzburg, Germany
Luyckx, V:
Univ Childrens Hosp, Zurich, Switzerland
Univ Zurich, Epidemiol Biostat & Prevent Inst, Dept Publ & Global Hlth, Zurich, Switzerland
Harvard Med Sch, Brigham & Womens Hosp, Renal Div, Boston, MA 02115 USA
Univ Cape Town, Dept Paediat & Child Hlth, Cape Town, South Africa
Stevens, K:
Univ Glasgow, Sch Cardiovasc & Metab Hlth, Glasgow, Scotland
Queen Elizabeth Univ Hosp, Glasgow Renal & Transplant Unit, Glasgow, Scotland
Cerqueira, S:
Coimbra Univ Hosp, Nephrol Dept, Coimbra, Portugal
Coimbra Univ Hosp, Fac Med, Coimbra, Portugal
Darwish, R:
Cairo Univ, Kasr Al Einy, Cairo, Egypt
Fernandez, BF:
IS Fdn Jimenez Diaz UAM, Madrid, Spain
Univ Autonoma Madrid, Dept Med, Madrid, Spain
Fiel, D:
Hosp Espirito Santo Evora, Nephrol Dept, Unidade Local Saude Alentejo Cent, Evora, Portugal
Hosp Espirito Santo Evora, Hosp Care Home Dept, Unidade Local Saude Alentejo Cent, Evora, Portugal
Filev, R:
Univ Hosp St Anna, Dept Nephrol, Internal Med Clin, Sofia, Bulgaria
Med Univ Sofia, Fac Med, Dept Internal Med, Sofia, Bulgaria
Grieger, M:
Deutsch Gesell Nephrol, Berlin, Germany
Lopez, A:
IRCCS Azienda Osped Univ Bologna, Nephrol Dialysis Hypertens Unit, Bologna, Italy
Luman, M:
North Estonia Med Ctr, Ctr Nephrol, Tallinn, Estonia
Tallinn Univ Technol, Dept Hlth Technol, Tallinn, Estonia
Malyszko, J:
Med Univ Warsaw, Dept Nephrol Dialysis & Internal Med, Warsaw, Poland
Nikolova-Vlahova, MK:
Med Univ Sofia, Clin Nephrol, Univ Hosp St Ivan Rilski, Sofia, Bulgaria
Romero, F:
St Clara Hosp, Dept Internal Med & Endocrinol, Basel, Switzerland
Skalioti, C:
Natl & Kapodistrian Univ Athens, Laiko Gen Hosp, Sch Med, Dept Nephrol & Renal Transplantat, Athens, Greece
Araujo, CARD:
Univ Porto, Fac Med, Dept Surg & Physiol, Unit Cardiovasc Invest & Res, Porto, Portugal
Ziedina, I:
Riga Stradins Univ, Riga, Latvia
Gallego, D:
European Kidney Patients Federat, Vienna, Austria
Ortiz, A:
IS Fdn Jimenez Diaz UAM, Madrid, Spain
Univ Autonoma Madrid, Dept Med, Madrid, Spain
Torra, R:
Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Inst Recerca St Pau, Nephrol Dept, Inherited Kidney Dis,Fdn Puigvert, Barcelona, Spain
Vanholder, R:
European Kidney Hlth Alliance, Brussels, Belgium
Univ Hosp, Dept Internal Med & Pediat, Nephrol Sect, Ghent, Belgium
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