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https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2017.019

The role of laboratory testing in detection and classification of chronic kidney disease: national recommendations

Vanja Radišić Biljak orcid.org/0000-0002-4278-8356 ; Department of medical biochemistry and laboratory medicine, Merkur University Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia
Lorena Honović ; Department of medical biochemistry and laboratory medicine, General Hospital Pula, Pula, Croatia
Jasminka Matica ; Medical-biochemistry laboratory, Primary care center of the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, Rijeka, Croatia
Branka Krešić ; Department of medical laboratory diagnostics, University Hospital Centre Split, Split, Croatia
Sanela Šimić Vojak ; Department of laboratory diagnostics, General County Hospital Požega, Požega, Croatia

Abstract

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a common clinical condition with significant adverse consequences for the patient and it is recognized as a significant public health problem. The role of laboratory medicine in diagnosis and management of CKD is of great importance: the diagnosis and staging are based on estimation of glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and assessment of albuminuria (or proteinuria). Therefore, the joint working group of the Croatian society of medical biochemistry and laboratory medicine and Croatian chamber of medical biochemists for laboratory diagnostics in CKD issued this national recommendation regarding laboratory diagnostics of CKD.
Key factors for laboratories implementing the national guidelines for the diagnosis and management of CKD are:
1. Ensure good communication between laboratory professionals and clinicians, such as nephrologists or specialists in general/family medicine,
2. Ensure all patients are provided with the same availability of laboratory diagnostics,
3. Ensure creatinine assays are traceable to isotope dilution mass spectrometry (IDMS) method and have minimal bias and acceptable imprecision,
4. Select the appropriate GFR estimating formula. Recommended equation is the 2009 Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD – EPI) equation,
5. In reporting the key laboratory tests (creatinine, eGFR, urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio, urine protein-to-creatinine ratio) use the appropriate reporting units,
6. Provide adequate information on limitations of creatinine measurement.
The manuscript has been organized to identify critical points in laboratory tests used in basic laboratory diagnostics of CKD and is based on the Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) 2012 Clinical Practice Guideline for the Evaluation and Management of Chronic Kidney Disease.

Keywords

chronic kidney disease (CKD); recommendations, estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR); albuminuria; proteinuria

Hrčak ID:

176485

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/176485

Publication date:

15.2.2017.

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