[Expert consensus on multidisciplinary clinical management for chronic kidney disease].

Abstract

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) has been a major public health challenge threatening human health worldwide. When patients with CKD eventually progress to end-stage kidney disease, it imposes a substantial burden on individuals and society. Currently, the diagnosis rate of CKD in China remains low, with an unfavorable status regarding diagnosis and treatment. Therefore, it is urgent to establish a comprehensive prevention and treatment system of CKD, that enhances the multidisciplinary clinical management pathway for CKD patients while improving physicians' co-screening and co-management capabilities across various disciplines for high-risk individuals. Based on current evidence and clinical experience, we formulate the expert consensus on multidisciplinary clinical management approach for CKD, which aims to achieve early detection, early treatment, delay the progression of kidney failure, reduce the risk of cardiovascular, cerebrovascular diseases as well as death in CKD patients, while improving the prognosis of CKD patients and alleviating the burden of CKD disease with a multidisciplinary co-screening co-management model for CKD.