Question

A 63-year-old man with longstanding hypertension and diabetes is found to have eGFR 48 mL/min/1.73 m² and urine albumin-creatinine ratio 15 mg/mmol. According to CKD staging guidance, how should his kidney disease be classified?

Accepted Answer

CKD stage 3a with moderate albuminuria

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CKD stage 1 with microalbuminuria

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CKD stage 2 with microalbuminuria

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CKD stage 3b with severe albuminuria

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CKD stage 4 with macroalbuminuria

Practice question

A 63-year-old man with longstanding hypertension and diabetes is found to have eGFR 48 mL/min/1.73 m² and urine albumin-creatinine ratio 15 mg/mmol. According to CKD staging guidance, how should his kidney disease be classified?