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The global burden of chronic kidney disease
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a non-communicable disease usually caused by diabetes and hypertension.1 Cardiovascular disease is the major cause of the early morbidity and mortality sustained by patients with CKD. The severity of CKD can be quantified by a low serum creatinine-based estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), which indicates excretory kidney function, and raised urinary albumin measured by the urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio (ACR), which is a marker of kidney damage.2 The Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes classification system for staging CKD is based on eGFR and ACR and is widely used in clinical practice.
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Hodgkin Lymphoma: Comments on ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines
The ESMO for HL guidelines were based on results of studies whose results were available in 2018 and provided robust recommendations regarding treatment strategies designed on PET based staging and early response assessment.