| Identification and management of chronic kidney disease complications by internal medicine residents: a national survey. | |
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PMID: 19918169 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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Many patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) receive care from primary care physicians. Identification and management of CKD complications in primary care is suboptimal. It is not known if current residency curriculum adequately prepares a future internist in this aspect of CKD care. We performed an online questionnaire survey of internal medicine residents in the United States to determine knowledge of CKD complications and their management. Four hundred seventy-nine residents completed the survey with postgraduate year (PGY) distribution 166 PGY1, 187 PGY2, and 126 PGY3. Most of the residents correctly recognized anemia (91%) and bone disease (82%) as complications at estimated glomerular filtration rate less than 60 mL/min/1.73 m; however, only half of the residents identified coronary artery disease (54%) as a CKD complication. For a patient with estimated glomerular filtration rate less than 60 mL/min/1.73 m, two thirds of the residents would workup for anemia (62%), whereas half of them would check for mineral and bone disorder (56%). With regard to anemia of CKD, less than half of the residents knew the CKD goal hemoglobin level of 11 to 12 g/dL (44%); most would supplement iron stores (86%), whereas fewer would consider nephrology referral (28%). For mineral and bone disorders, many residents would recommend dietary phosphorus restriction (68%) and check 25-hydroxyvitamin D (62%); fewer residents would start 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D (40%) or refer to the nephrologist (45%). Residents chose to discontinue angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor for medication-related complication of greater than 50% decline in estimated glomerular filtration rate (68%) and potassium greater than 5.5 mEq/L (93%). Mean performance score improved with increasing PGY (PGY1 59.4% ± 17.6%, PGY2 63.6% ± 15.6%, and PGY3 66.2% ± 16.5%; P = 0.002). Our study identified specific gaps in knowledge of CKD complications and management among internal medicine residents. Educational efforts such as instruction on use of CKD clinical practice guidelines may help raise awareness of CKD complications, benefits of early intervention, and improve CKD management. |
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Varun Agrawal; Mohit Agarwal; Amit K Ghosh; Michael A Barnes; Peter A McCullough |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: American journal of therapeutics Volume: 18 ISSN: 1536-3686 ISO Abbreviation: Am J Ther Publication Date: 2011 May |
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Created Date: 2011-05-13 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9441347 Medline TA: Am J Ther Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: e40-7 Citation Subset: IM |
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1Department of Internal Medicine, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI; 2Division of General Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; and 3Divisions of Cardiology, Nutrition and Preventive Medicine, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI. |
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