Chronic kidney disease ckd is a general term covering heterogeneous disorders with an overarching definition of having markers of kidney damage or decreased glomerular filtration rate gfr this definition has been widely accepted and unchanging since 2002. Chronic kidney disease dialysis and transplantation a companion to brenner and rectors the kidney covers all clinical management issues relevant to chronic kidney disease drs jonathan himmelfarb and mohamed sayegh lead a team of expert contributors to present you with the latest advances in hypertensive kidney disease vitamin d deficiency diabetes management transplantation and . Chronic kidney disease ckd is a recognized complication of orthotopic liver transplantation olt several potential causes exist including hepatitis c virus hcv related renal disease hypertension diabetes mellitus and other glomerular diseases such as iga nephropathy 1 4 . Description from basic science to practical clinical tools chronic kidney disease dialysis and transplantation 4th edition provides you with the up to date authoritative guidance you need to safely and effectively manage patients with chronic renal disease