Health Professionals
As a health professional, you see firsthand the effect undiagnosed Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) can have. CKD is present in more than 26 million Americans and millions more are at risk. This number has doubled each decade since 1980.
Flint Hills Kidney Services, in cooperation with Mercy Regional Health Center, has made Kidney Score awareness its top strategic goal, and you are critical to the campaign's success.
Many patients will begin to hear more about Kidney Score through a mass-media campaign and will ask their health care professional for more details.
Please take the time to understand how Kidney Score can dramatically help reduce the incidence of CKD and its devastating effects. We'd also like you to join our Kidney Score Awareness Campaign by pledging your support.
Kidney Score Log
Next time you visit your doctor, make a point of asking to have your Kidney Score calculated. Any time you have routine blood work done all the information needed to calculate your Kidney Score is already on hand. So it's just a matter of having your doctor plug it into a formula to complete the calculation or use the calculator on this website. It's as easy as asking, and knowing your Kidney Score could save your life.
Resources
- National Kidney Disease Education Program Tools and Resources
- Chronic Kidney Disease in the United States PowerPoint Presentation
- KDOQI Guidelines
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