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By Carra Moroni, LDN, RD
The American Association of Kidney Patients, is a national non-profit organization reaching one million people yearly including patients, family members, renal professionals and friends of the kidney community. AAKP is a 501(c)(3) ...More…
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Urine Test: Microalbumin-to-Creatinine Ratio
Kids Health — The microalbumin-to-creatinine ratio test is most commonly used to screen for kidney problems in teens with diabetes. It may also be used to monitor kidney function in kids and teens who have a kidney disease. A microalbumin-to-creatinine ratio ...More…
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American Diabetes Association Home Page
American Diabetes Association — Get the latest diabetes news and diabetes research summaries. My doctor wants me to start taking insulin, but when my mother started taking it years ago she developed complications. Will that happen to me? Support diabetes research, education and ...More…
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Sources Facts and Statistics:
Kidney Association — Diabetes is the sixth leading cause of death in the U.S. and the most common cause of kidney failure in adults.1 Hispanic Americans have a high rate of diabetes. This increases their chance of developing serious complications such as chronic ...More…
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Microalbuminuria In Diabetic Kidney Disease
Kidney Association — Kidney disease is one of the most serious complications of diabetes. After years of diabetes, the filtering units of the kidney (glomeruli) get scarred so that they cannot filter the blood efficiently. Eventually, the kidneys may fail completely ...More…
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Ten Facts About Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease
Kidney Association — Diabetes is the leading cause of kidney failure in the United States. Because a cure for diabetic kidney disease has not yet been found, treatment involves controlling the disorder and slowing its progression to kidney failure. Current research ...More…
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"Diabetic Nephropathies"
Clinical Trials — Combined Diabetes-Renal Multifactorial Intervention In Patients With Advanced Diabetic Nephropathy (ADN) Association Between Rosiglitazone Use and Clinical Course of Diabetic Nephropathy: Population-Based Study Effect of Enalapril and Losartan ...More…
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Diabetes, Kidney and Cardiovascular Disease
American Heart Association — Learn how diabetes, kidney disease and cardiovascular disease are related. Several terms used to describe the various stages of kidney disease, or as it's also called, renal disease. The first stage is chronic renal insufficiency, which is the ...More…
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Mantenga sanos los riñones
Diabetes Information Clearinghouse — Esta es la versión en español de Prevent Diabetes Problems: Keep Your Kidneys Healthy. Describe la función renal y trata del daño a los riñones como una de las complicaciones de la diabetes. Explica e ilustra cómo prevenir los problemas de los ...More…
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Trasplante de riñón
American Diabetes Association — Una alternativa para el paciente con enfermedad renal en etapa terminal [ESRD, end-stage renal disease] es un trasplante de riñón. Los trasplantes son más exito-sos cuando el riñón proviene de un familiar vivo. Otra opción es el riñón cadavéri-co ...More…
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Getting a Kidney-Pancreas Transplant
Kidney Association — A simultaneous kidney-pancreas transplant (SKP) is an operation to place both a kidney and a pancreas - at the same time - into someone who has kidney failure related to type 1 diabetes. In many cases, both transplanted organs may come from the ...More…
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La enfermedad renal en personas con diabetes
National Kidney Clearinghouse — Cómo prevenir los problemas de la diabetes: Mantenga sanos los riñones Cada año en los Estados Unidos, a más de 100,000 personas se les diagnostica insuficiencia renal (falla renal), una afección grave en la cual los riñones dejan de eliminar los ...More…