Chronic Kidney Disease

Chronic Kidney Disease

According to the National Kidney Foundation, 26 million adults in the United States have chronic kidney disease with millions of others at risk (National Kidney Foundation, 2012). Over time, this disorder will become progressively worse, and patients will eventually experience a loss of renal function. Early detection and prevention is key for patients with this disorder. For this reason, it is important for you, as the provider, to be aware of various signs, symptoms, and risk factors of chronic kidney disease. In this Assignment, you explore the disorder including the role that patient history, physical exams, and diagnostics play in diagnosis and treatment.

To prepare:

� Review Chapter 149 in Part 13 of the Buttaro et al. text in this week�s Learning Resources. Reflect on the clinical presentation of chronic kidney disease.

� Think about how you might diagnose a patient with chronic kidney disease. Consider the role that patient history, physical exams, and diagnostics play in diagnosis.

� Reflect on potential treatment options for chronic kidney disease including the implications of prescribed drugs.

� Consider the following patient factors: genetics, gender, ethnicity, age, and behavior. Think about how these factors might impact the diagnosis and treatment of patients with chronic kidney disease.

To complete:

Write a 4 page paper that addresses the following:

� Describe the clinical presentation of chronic kidney disease.

� Explain how you might diagnose a patient with chronic kidney disease including the role that patient history, physical exams, and diagnostics play in diagnosis.

� Explain implications of potential treatment options for this disease including prescribed drugs.

� Describe how patient factors might impact the diagnosis and treatment of patients with chronic kidney disease.

This paper is to have an

� Introduction with the last sentence beginning with The purpose of this paper is

� Body of the paper with subtitles:

o Clinical presentation of chronic kidney disease: (Subtitle 1)

o How to diagnose chronic kidney disease and how do the below affect the diagnosis: (Subtitle 2)

? Patient history
?
Physical exams
?
Diagnostics

o Potential treatment options: (Subtitle 3)
?
Prescribed medications

o Impact of patient factors related to: (Subtitle 4)
?
Diagnosis
?
Treatment

o Differential Diagnoses related to Chronic Kidney Disease: (Subtitle 5)

� Summary: (Subtitle 6)
Reference Sites must be Complete and accessible by me: There must be a URL # or a DOI 3 on each reference

NO BOOKS ARE TO BE USED UNLESS IT IS THE TEXT BOOK THAT I PROVIDE

Buttaro, T. M., Trybulski, J., Polgar Bailey, P., & Sandberg-Cook, J. (2013). Primary care: A collaborative practice (4th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Mosby.

I WILL ATTACH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IN THE FORM OF A PDF THAT MUST BE USED:

Websites to assist in writing this paper:

About Chronic Kidney Disease
https://www.kidney.org/kidneyDisease/aboutckd

Chronic Kidney Disease
http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/chronic-kidney-disease/symptoms-causes/dxc-20207466

Chronic Kidney Disease
https://medlineplus.gov/chronickidneydisease.html

Chronic Kidney Disease: Detection and Evaluation
http://www.aafp.org/afp/2011/1115/p1138.html