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Uremia (end-stage renal disease): how cost-effective are preventive strategies?
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20797562     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Many strategies have been shown to be cost-effective for prevention of end-stage renal disease (ESRD), most often by Markov modeling using assumptions based on randomized clinical trails and observational studies. Targeted screening for proteinuria in diabetics and in hypertensive patients is cost-effective for prevention of ESRD, but such screening is not cost-effective when applied to the general population. Screening for chronic kidney disease based on estimated glomerular filtration rate alone is not recommended. Perhaps, treatment of all newly diagnosed type 2 diabetics with an inhibitor of angiotensin-II without screening for proteinuria will also prevent or delay ESRD in a cost-effective manner. Intensive interventions and the use of angiotensin-II inhibition in incipient and overt nephropathy in type 1 and type 2 diabetes is also cost-effective in preventing ESRD. Rigorous control of blood pressure to desired targets also lowers the risks of ESRD in both diabetic and nondiabetic nephropathies, most likely in a cost-effective manner. Newer strategies involving statins and new combinations of agents are emerging but have not yet been tested for their cost-effectiveness in preventing ESRD cost-effectiveness.
Authors:
Richard J Glassock
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Review    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of renal nutrition : the official journal of the Council on Renal Nutrition of the National Kidney Foundation     Volume:  20     ISSN:  1532-8503     ISO Abbreviation:  J Ren Nutr     Publication Date:  2010 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-08-27     Completed Date:  2011-01-13     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9112938     Medline TA:  J Ren Nutr     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  S131-4     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
Copyright 2010 National Kidney Foundation, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA. glassock@cox.net
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Angiotensin II / antagonists & inhibitors
Antihypertensive Agents / therapeutic use
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / complications,  drug therapy
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / complications,  drug therapy
Diabetic Nephropathies / drug therapy
Glomerular Filtration Rate
Humans
Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors / therapeutic use
Kidney Failure, Chronic / economics*,  etiology,  prevention & control*
Mass Screening / economics
Proteinuria / diagnosis
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Antihypertensive Agents; 0/Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors; 11128-99-7/Angiotensin II

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