Are there lost opportunities in chronic kidney disease? A region-wide cohort study
Conclusions
While we noted underdiagnosis and undertreatment of CKD in this large contemporary population, we also identified a substantial realisable potential to improve CKD outcomes and reduce its burden by treating patients early with guideline-directed pharmacological therapy.
Source: BMJ Open - Category: General Medicine Authors: Sundström, J., Norhammar, A., Karayiannides, S., Bodegard, J., Gustafsson, S., Cars, T., Eriksson Svensson, M., Ärnlöv, J. Tags: Open access, Epidemiology Source Type: research
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