Research Updates in Kidney and Urologic Health
New in CHID
Each quarter, the National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse adds about 150 items to the kidney and urologic diseases (KU) subfile of the Combined Health Information Database (CHID). This database contains abstracts and ordering information for professional resources and patient education materials-such as books, pamphlets, videos, journal articles, and manuals-dealing with a variety of kidney and urologic topics. CHID Online can be accessed at chid.nih.gov on the Internet. Among recent additions to the KU subfile are these materials on chronic kidney disease.
Are You at Increased Risk for Chronic Kidney Disease?
This brochure from the National Kidney Foundation warns that 20 million Americans have chronic kidney disease, and most don't know they have it. The brochure identifies the risk factors for kidney disease—diabetes, high blood pressure, family history, older age, ethnic group—and urges people with these risks to be tested for proteinuria and elevated serum creatinine and to have their blood pressure checked. The brochure then explains additional tests that may be performed, the stages of kidney disease, and treatments to slow the progress of kidney disease and avoid complications.
Are You at Increased Risk for Chronic Kidney Disease? is available from the National Kidney Foundation, 30 East 33rd Street, New York, NY 10016. Phone: 1–800–622–9020. Website: www.kidney.org.
What Do I Need to Know About Preventing the Complications of Chronic Kidney Disease?
The American Kidney Fund has produced this new brochure to help patients with chronic kidney disease prevent the complications of anemia, high blood pressure, vitamin and mineral deficiencies, acidosis, and bone disease. The brochure encourages patients to work with all the members of their health care team to delay the progression of kidney disease and to minimize the associated problems.
Single copies of What Do I Need to Know About Preventing the Complications of Chronic Kidney Disease? are available free of charge. Orders of two or more cost $0.35 per copy. The brochure is available from the American Kidney Fund, 6110 Executive Boulevard, Suite 1010, Rockville, MD 20852. Phone: 1–800–638–8299. Website: www.kidneyfund.org.
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