Patient’s and physician’s awareness of kidney disease in coronary heart disease patients – a cross-sectional analysis of the German subset of the EUROASPIRE IV survey

Patient’s and physician’s awareness of kidney disease in coronary heart disease patients – a cross-sectional analysis of the German subset of the EUROASPIRE IV survey

Abstract Background Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a common comorbid condition in coronary heart disease (CHD). CKD predisposes the patient to acute kidney injury (AKI) during hospitalization. Data on awareness of kidney dysfunction among CHD patients and their treating physicians are lacking. In t...

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Main Authors: Martin Wagner, Christoph Wanner, Martin Schich, Kornelia Kotseva, David Wood, Katrin Hartmann, Georg Fette, Viktoria Rücker, Mehmet Oezkur, Stefan Störk, Peter U. Heuschmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-10-01
Series:BMC Nephrology
Subjects:
Coronary heart disease
Chronic kidney disease
Patients’ awareness
Physicians’ awareness
ICD-coding of CKD
EUROASPIRE survey
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12882-017-0730-3

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