It is vital that all health care professionals understand why cardiac and renal risk require BOTH measurement of urine albumin creatinine ratios AS WELL as eGFR.
ABCD and the Renal Association, along with colleagues from primary care, have produced a consensus document on screening for kidney disease that is designed for use in all health care settings. We encourage this to be shared with all colleagues in integrated diabetes care services in order to help improve the frequency of full screening for both aspects of renal damage
