Diabetes Nefropati
Diabetes care28:176–188, 2005 definition and epidemiology— diabetic nephropathy is the leading cause of chronic kidney disease in patients starting renal replacementtherapy(1)andisassociated with increased cardiovascular mortality (2). diabetic nephropathy has been classicallydefinedbythepresenceofproteinuria 0. 5 g/24 h. In patients with type 1 diabetes, hypertension is usually caused by underlying diabetic nephropathy and typically becomes manifest about the time that patients develop microalbuminuria. in patients with type 2 diabetes, hypertension is present at the time of diagnosis of diabetes in about one-third of patients. Your risk of diabetic nephropathy is greater if you have type 1 or type 2 diabetes. several other factors may increase your risk of diabetic nephropathy, including: 1. high blood sugar (hyperglycemia) that's not well-controlled 2. high blood pressure (hypertension) that's not controlled 3. being a smoker 4. high blood cholesterol 5. a family history of d...