BMJ 2006;333 (18 November), doi:10.1136/bmj.39034.363646.80
This week in the BMJ
Is screening for chronic kidney disease cost effective?
Screening for chronic renal disease would be an effective case detection strategy in people over 55 and those with diabetes or hypertension (number needed to screen 8.7, 95% confidence interval 8.5 to 9.0) say Hallen and colleagues (doi: 10.1136/bmj.39001.657755.BE). In their eight year follow-up of a Norwegian national cross sectional health survey, relatively few people developed end stage renal disease after kidney disease was detected, and substantially more died from cardiovascular disease. Further research is needed to establish whether such screening is cost effective.
CiteULike 
Complore 
Connotea 
Del.icio.us 
Digg 
Reddit 
StumbleUpon 
Technorati What's this?
Relevant Article
- Screening strategies for chronic kidney disease in the general population: follow-up of cross sectional health survey
- Stein I Hallan, Ketil Dahl, Cecilia M Oien, Diana C Grootendorst, Arne Aasberg, Jostein Holmen, and Friedo W Dekker
BMJ 2006 333: 1047.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
This Article
- Respond to this article
- Alert me when this article is cited
- Alert me when responses are posted
- Alert me when a correction is posted
Services
- Email this article to a friend
- Find similar articles in BMJ
- Add article to my folders
- Download to citation manager
- Request Permissions
Citing Articles
Google Scholar
Related Content
Bookmark with
What's new
Latest blogs
Find BMJ on:
Services
Tools
Online poll
Resources
Rapid responses for this article
There are no rapid responses for this article. Print issues
