Management of acute kidney disease as part of routine clinical care in low-resource settings: The International Society of Nephrology Kidney Care Network Project

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 20; no. 4; p. e0315802
• Main Authors: Evans, Rhys D.R., Sharma, Sanjib K., Claure-Del Granado, Rolando, Cullis, Brett, Burdmann, Emmanuel A., Franca, Fos, Aguiar, Junio, Fredlund, Martyn, Hendricks, Kelly, Iturricha-Caceres, Maria F., Rai, Mamit, Shah, Bhupendra, Kafle, Shyam, Harris, David C., Rocco, Mike V.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 21.04.2025; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Acute Kidney Injury - blood; Acute Kidney Injury - diagnosis; Acute Kidney Injury - therapy; Acute renal failure; Adult; Aged; At risk populations; Biology and Life Sciences; Bolivia; Brazil; Care and treatment; Complications and side effects; Creatinine; Creatinine - blood; Developing Countries; Diagnosis; Diseases; Education; Ethics; Feasibility; Female; Health care; Health care access; Health care facilities; Health facilities; Humans; Hypovolemia; Kidney diseases; Kidneys; Male; Medical personnel; Medicine and Health Sciences; Middle Aged; Nepal; Nephrology; Patients; People and places; Practice; Prevention; Risk factors; Shock; South Africa; Strategy; Trade and professional associations; Brazil; South Africa; Bolivia; Nepal; Europe

Acute Kidney Disease (AKD) commonly affects disadvantaged populations in low-resourced areas with poor access to kidney care. Here, barriers to management include a lack of AKD education alongside an inability to measure serum creatinine (SCr) to identify kidney disease. The Kidney Care Network (KCN...