A switch to a ‘more accurate' equation to work out eGFR would reclassify the kidney function of a quarter of the general population, conclude researchers.

GPs could be treating hundreds of thousands of patients with chronic kidney disease unnecessarily because of flaws in the formula used to calculate eGFR, a new UK study concludes.

Exclusive GPs should hugely increase their testing and diagnosis of patients with early-stage chronic kidney disease, and include even those with stages 1-2 disease on their registers, the Government’s kidney tsar has said.

Lowering LDL cholesterol with simvastatin plus ezetimibe safely reduces the risk of major atherosclerotic events in nearly all patients with chronic kidney disease, a major new UK-led trial has shown.

The most commonly used formula to calculate eGFR in obese patients with type 2 diabetes underestimates the something, according to UK researchers.

Dr Simon Clay continues his series looking at the importance of episode coding for patients with CKD and why some patients can be erroneously missed off the register.

Dr Simon Clay looks at how to code patients with diabetes, CKD or both

Clinical biochemist and GP Dr Berenice Lopez uses a primary care case history to discuss the use of the estimated glomerular filtration rate

GP Dr Kathryn Griffiths presents a quick guide to making sense of the new NICE guidance on chronic kidney disease

The albumin-creatinine ratio has become the proteinuria test of choice in new NICE CKD guidance. Chemical pathologist Dr Stuart Smellie uses a primary care case history to illustrate its use

In the second of two articles on CKD, renal specialists Dr Mohsen El Kossi, Dr Aminu Kasarawa Bello, Dr Rizwan Hamer and Professor A Meguid El Nahas describe how tackling risk factors is key to coping with the rising tide of CKD

In the first of two articles on CKD, consultant nephrologists Dr Richard Burden and Dr Charlie Tomson describe the evidence behind recommendations on detecting and treating CKD as early as possible. See the attached table for the UK CKD guidelines group's classification scheme and full referral advice for each stage.