Introduction

摘要

Prior to 2002, the term chronic renal insufficiency was used to characterize patients who had progressive decline in renal function, denned as a glomerular filtration rate (GFR) of less than 75 mL/min per 1.73 m2 body surface area. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is the new term denned by the National Kidney Foundation Kidney Disease and Outcome Quality Initiative (KDOQI) Group to classify any patient who has kidney damage lasting for at least 3 months with or without a decreased GFR or any patient who has a GFR of less than 60 mL/min per 1.73 m2 lasting for 3 months with or without kidney damage.