Abstract
Patients with CKD are at high risk for developing CVD. In fact, most CKD patients have a 10-year risk of coronary heart disease events greater than or equal to 20%, placing them in the highest risk category according to the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III guidelines. For this reason, the National Kidney Foundation K/DOQI guidelines for managing dyslipidemia suggest that CKD patients with LDL greater than or equal to 100 mg/dL (2.59 mmol/L) should be treated with diet and a statin. The K/DOQI guidelines also make it clear that the evidence supporting treatment in CKD populations is lacking however, and that additional placebo-controlled trials are needed. In the mean time, the high incidence of CVD makes intensive monitoring and treatment of dyslipidemias in patients with CKD a reasonable clinical approach.
TY - JOUR
T1 - Dyslipidemias in patients who have chronic kidney disease.
AU - Farbakhsh,Kambiz,
AU - Kasiske,Bertram L,
PY - 2005/3/10/pubmed
PY - 2005/6/17/medline
PY - 2005/3/10/entrez
SP - 689
EP - 99
JF - The Medical clinics of North America
JO - Med Clin North Am
VL - 89
IS - 3
N2 - Patients with CKD are at high risk for developing CVD. In fact, most CKD patients have a 10-year risk of coronary heart disease events greater than or equal to 20%, placing them in the highest risk category according to the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III guidelines. For this reason, the National Kidney Foundation K/DOQI guidelines for managing dyslipidemia suggest that CKD patients with LDL greater than or equal to 100 mg/dL (2.59 mmol/L) should be treated with diet and a statin. The K/DOQI guidelines also make it clear that the evidence supporting treatment in CKD populations is lacking however, and that additional placebo-controlled trials are needed. In the mean time, the high incidence of CVD makes intensive monitoring and treatment of dyslipidemias in patients with CKD a reasonable clinical approach.
SN - 0025-7125
UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/15755473/Dyslipidemias_in_patients_who_have_chronic_kidney_disease_
DB - PRIME
DP - Unbound Medicine
ER -