Early detection of chronic kidney disease in low-income and middle-income countries: development and validation of a point-of-care screening strategy for India

Early detection of chronic kidney disease in low-income and middle-income countries: development and validation of a point-of-care screening strategy for India

Introduction Although deaths due to chronic kidney disease (CKD) have doubled over the past two decades, few data exist to inform screening strategies for early detection of CKD in low-income and middle-income countries.Methods Using data from three population-based surveys in India, we developed a...

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Main Authors: Viswanathan Mohan, Dorairaj Prabhakaran, Roopa Shivashankar, Shuchi Anand, Ruby Gupta, Dimple Kondal, Sailesh Mohan, Nikhil Tandon, K M Venkat Narayan, Nikhil Srinivasapura Venkateshmurthy, Christina Bradshaw, Maria E Montez-Rath, Jialin Han, Yuanchao Zheng, Prashant Jarhyan, Mohammed K Ali, Shivani Patel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2019-09-01
Series:BMJ Global Health
Online Access:https://gh.bmj.com/content/4/5/e001644.full

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