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Chronic Kidney Disease

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a progressive, long-term decline in kidney function resulting from sustained damage or disease, in which the kidneys become less able to filter waste, balance fluids, and regulate electrolytes and hormones. It affects large numbers of people worldwide, is commonly identified through b…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 42× across the literature 🗓 Reviewed June 2026

Overview

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a progressive, long-term decline in kidney function resulting from sustained damage or disease, in which the kidneys become less able to filter waste, balance fluids, and regulate electrolytes and hormones. It affects large numbers of people worldwide, is commonly identified through blood tests, urine analysis, and imaging, and can progress to end-stage kidney disease with life-threatening complications if not detected and managed early. Within urology and renal-focused practice, CKD is studied in relation to its diagnosis, complications, and the wider organ systems it affects. Studies collected here examine thyroid function abnormalities and structural thyroid changes among patients with CKD and end-stage kidney disease, blood-pressure patterns such as dipper and non-dipper hypertension across disease stages, and the psychological burden of the disease, including the differentiation of depression from apathy. Molecular and hematological aspects are also represented, including gene polymorphisms, apoptosis-related genes in haemodialysis patients, and hepcidin and anemia in CKD. Additional work addresses cardiorenal signalling in heart failure, the nephrotoxicity of iodinated contrast agents and other compounds, and outcomes in patients with concurrent conditions such as diabetes, cancer, and COVID-19. Together these strands reflect CKD as a multisystem disorder of central importance to urological and renal care, where early diagnosis and management of complications shape patient outcomes.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 42 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

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Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Medical and Surgical Urology.

Journal editorial board
Paul Rusilko · United States Ilke Beyitler · Cyprus Rifat Hamoudi · United Arab Emirates

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