TY - JOUR
T1 - ABCDE to identify and prevent chronic kidney disease
T2 - A call to action
AU - Ferro, Charles J.
AU - Wanner, Christoph
AU - Luyckx, Valerie
AU - Stevens, Kate
AU - Cerqueira, Sofia
AU - Darwish, Rasha
AU - Fernandez, Beatriz Fernandez
AU - Fiel, David
AU - Filev, Rumen
AU - Grieger, Manfred
AU - Lopez, Antonia
AU - Luman, Merike
AU - Malyszko, Jolanta
AU - Nikolova-Vlahova, Milena Krasimirova
AU - Romero, Fiita
AU - Skalioti, Chrysanthi
AU - Ribeiro Dos Santos Araújo, Carla Alexandra
AU - Ziediņa, Ieva
AU - Gallego, Daniel
AU - Ortiz, Alberto
AU - Torra, Roser
AU - Vanholder, Raymond
AU - The Strong Kidneys Task Force of the European Renal Association, the European Kidney Health Alliance and the European Kidney Patients Federation
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2025 The Author(s). Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the ERA.
PY - 2025/9/1
Y1 - 2025/9/1
N2 - Kidney disease is a global health priority affecting >850 million people worldwide. This number is projected to increase over the coming decades given the increasing prevalence of diabetes, hypertension and obesity and the aging population. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) can reduce both life expectancy and quality of life and is intricately linked with cardiac and metabolic health - the cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic multimorbidity syndrome. With early recognition of risk, CKD can be prevented and with timely case finding, early diagnosis and early intervention, its progression can be halted or slowed. The European Renal Association has established the Strong Kidneys Task Force, with the main purpose of creating awareness about the importance of kidney health for individual and population health. In collaboration with the European Kidney Health Alliance and the European Kidney Patients Federation, the ABCDE campaign will empower communities and individuals to remind their healthcare providers to assess their risk of kidney disease. ABCDE asks five simple questions about health status that only the healthcare system can provide: A) Do I have Albumin in my urine? B) What is my Blood pressure? C) What is my Cholesterol? D) Do I have Diabetes? E) What is my current kidney function (Estimated glomerular filtration rate)? This advocacy text aims to inform individuals, communities and front line healthcare workers that capturing the risk of kidney, cardiac and metabolic health is simple, makes sense, is logical and will save lives.
AB - Kidney disease is a global health priority affecting >850 million people worldwide. This number is projected to increase over the coming decades given the increasing prevalence of diabetes, hypertension and obesity and the aging population. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) can reduce both life expectancy and quality of life and is intricately linked with cardiac and metabolic health - the cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic multimorbidity syndrome. With early recognition of risk, CKD can be prevented and with timely case finding, early diagnosis and early intervention, its progression can be halted or slowed. The European Renal Association has established the Strong Kidneys Task Force, with the main purpose of creating awareness about the importance of kidney health for individual and population health. In collaboration with the European Kidney Health Alliance and the European Kidney Patients Federation, the ABCDE campaign will empower communities and individuals to remind their healthcare providers to assess their risk of kidney disease. ABCDE asks five simple questions about health status that only the healthcare system can provide: A) Do I have Albumin in my urine? B) What is my Blood pressure? C) What is my Cholesterol? D) Do I have Diabetes? E) What is my current kidney function (Estimated glomerular filtration rate)? This advocacy text aims to inform individuals, communities and front line healthcare workers that capturing the risk of kidney, cardiac and metabolic health is simple, makes sense, is logical and will save lives.
KW - albuminuria
KW - chronic kidney disease
KW - diagnosis
KW - mortality
KW - prevention
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105014517922
UR - https://www-webofscience-com.db.rsu.lv/wos/alldb/full-record/WOS:001474238800001
UR - https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12451690/
U2 - 10.1093/ndt/gfaf057
DO - 10.1093/ndt/gfaf057
M3 - Article
C2 - 40107862
AN - SCOPUS:105014517922
SN - 0931-0509
VL - 40
SP - 1786
EP - 1798
JO - Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
JF - Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
IS - 9
ER -
