Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a long-term condition in which the kidneys gradually lose their ability to filter waste products and excess fluid from the blood, leading to a sustained decline in kidney function. It is typically identified through reduced estimated glomerular filtration rate, abnormal blood and urin…
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a long-term condition in which the kidneys gradually lose their ability to filter waste products and excess fluid from the blood, leading to a sustained decline in kidney function. It is typically identified through reduced estimated glomerular filtration rate, abnormal blood and urine markers such as elevated blood urea nitrogen, or imaging, and it is staged according to severity. Because the kidneys regulate fluid balance, blood pressure, red-blood-cell production, and mineral and bone metabolism, CKD can cause hypertension, anaemia, bone disease, and an increased risk of cardiovascular complications and heart failure. The disease frequently coexists with diabetes and hypertension and may progress to end-stage kidney disease requiring dialysis or transplantation. Research in this area examines the underlying mechanisms of kidney injury and renal fibrosis, associated endocrine and haematological disturbances, and the management of complications. The journal publishes peer-reviewed studies relevant to these themes, including thyroid function abnormalities in CKD, dipper versus non-dipper blood-pressure patterns by disease stage, distinguishing depression from apathy in affected patients, contrast-agent nephrotoxicity, glomerular filtration changes, the role of BCL-2 and BAK genes in haemodialysis patients, mechanisms and therapeutic targets of renal fibrosis, and hepcidin-related anaemia of chronic kidney disease.
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