D iabetic Kidney Disease (DKD), also known as diabetic nephropathy, is a serious complication affecting approximately 30 per cent of people with diabetes. This condition arises when high blood ...

Medically reviewed by Kashif J. Piracha, MDMedically reviewed by Kashif J. Piracha, MD Diabetic nephropathy is a form of long-term, chronic kidney disease resulting from having had diabetes for ...

Evaluation of Patients With Diabetic Nephropathy. After the diagnosis of micro- or macroalbuminuria is confirmed, patients should undergo a complete evaluation, including a work-up for other ...

Similar to some other kidney diseases, diabetic nephropathy is characterised by impaired kidney function caused by damage to renal microvasculature. However, in individuals with diabetic ...

Researchers have found in a new study that the Renal Resistive Index (RRI) detects early diabetic kidney damage in children ...

The findings reveal the dynamic transcriptional changes of renal cells in response to diabetic nephropathy. PB5 alleviated inflammatory injury by partially reducing pathophysiologic processes.

Study: Alterations of gut microbiota in biopsy-proven diabetic nephropathy and a long history of diabetes without kidney damage. Image Credit: ART-ur/Shutterstock.com. Diabetic neuropathy and gut ...

Table 1. Diabetic Nephropathy Stages: Cutoff Values of Urine Albumin for Diagnosis and Main Clinical Characteristics Stages Albuminuria cutoff values (ref. 14) ...