Providing Superior and Comprehensive Kidney Care
WKI provides a wide spectrum of services related to kidney disease including education, prevention, and treatment. Some of the common conditions managed by WKI physicians are listed below:
WKI provides a wide spectrum of services related to kidney disease including education, prevention, and treatment. Some of the common conditions managed by WKI physicians are listed below:
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is the gradual loss of kidney function, also called chronic kidney failure. The function of the kidney is to filter out excess fluids from your blood, which are discharged in your urine. In an advanced stage of chronic kidney disease, dangerous levels of fluids and wastes can build up in your body. Until CKD is in the advanced stage, most patients will not have severe symptoms. Progression of CKD can cause renal failure and require dialysis and/or a kidney transplant. At WKI, our aim is to diagnose and treat CKD early to slow progression and keep it from getting worse.
If you are consistently experiencing one or more of these symptoms, contact your primary care provider or schedule an appointment with a WKI physician.
Your WKI nephrologist will calculate the Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR), derived from your blood creatinine, your age, race, gender, and other factors, to check how well your kidneys are functioning. There are 5 stages of kidney function determined by GFR –
Kidney damage with normal kidney function
> 90 mL/ min
Kidney damage with mild loss of kidney function
> 60 – 89 mL/ min
Mild to moderate loss of kidney function
> 45 – 59 mL/ min
Moderate to severe loss of kidney function
> 30 – 44 mL/ min
Severe loss of kidney function
> 15 – 29 mL/ min
Kidney failure
< 15 mL/ min
