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Hypertension is a common finding among patients in primary care; ideal pharmacological treatment, however, continues to be debated.... View Article
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a growing issue in New Zealand. Māori and Pacific peoples are overrepresented in our CKD statistics... View Article
Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is the leading cause of end-stage renal disease in New Zealand. Preventing or delaying the development... View Article
Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are among the most prescribed medicines in New Zealand. They are clinically effective and are widely... View Article
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A New Zealand consensus statement for the management of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in primary care has recently been developed.... View Article
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Approximately one in ten people will be affected by renal colic at some stage in their life. Patients with red flags should be... View Article
Hypertension is associated with a wide-range of cardiovascular and end-organ diseases. It is a frequent finding among patients... View Article
A urine dipstick positive for haematuria or proteinuria is a relatively common occurrence in primary care. For many patients there... View Article
THERE HAVE BEEN RECENT REPORTS in the literature associating the use of statins with acute kidney injury (AKI). A study by Hippisley-Cox... View Article
Acute kidney injury (in a community setting) occurs most commonly in people with existing chronic kidney disease. The first focus... View Article
Consideration of laboratory testing and interpretation of subsequent results should be guided by a patients “drugs, diseases and... View Article
Over recent years the role of urea as a renal function test, has been mostly superseded by creatinine and more recently by the... View Article
Mate tākihi ukiuki Chronic kidney disease affects approximately 10% of the population of New Zealand, with a higher prevalence... View Article
Monitoring a person on diuretics is necessary to assess response to treatment and to prevent adverse events, particularly electrolyte... View Article
• Calcium Supplementation and the risk of myocardial infarction • Use of eGFR for drug dose adjustment• Compulsive gambling... View Article
In her UPFRONT article on infectious disease patterns (BPJ Issue 5 p4), Professor Diana Lennon noted the fact that Post-streptococcal... View Article
Discusses the differences between eGFR and Cockcroft-Gault with suggestions for dose adjustments due to renal impairment. View Article
In the five years from 2002 to 2006 CARM (Centre for Adverse Reactions Monitoring) received 72 reports of acute renal failure... View Article