Since 2006, the management of chronic kidney disease (CKD) has become part of routine primary care practice. This book offers primary care practitioners a clinically based, practical understanding of how to diagnose and manage kidney disease (and what this means for the patient). It also fills the gap between the recent plethora of guidelines, protocols and recommendations on CKD and the questions patients ask in everyday clinical practice. Armed with this deeper understanding, healthcare professionals without specialist training in nephrology will be sufficiently informed to be able to manage renal disease with greater safety, effectiveness and efficiency. CONTENTS INCLUDE: Estimated GFR: is it a good measure of renal function? Tests for proteinuria: ACR, PCR or dipstick? CKD as a marker of cardiovascular risk The kidneys in older people: disease or benign decline? Preventing progression of CKD What to do when renal function takes an unexpected dip Managing heart disease in the context of CKD CKD and diabetes Medicines management in CKD Management and referral: quick reference algorithms