patients are not getting the screening they need for kidney disease!

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according to a recent study done by the american kidney foundation and its partners, stunning 60% of patients with diabetes and kidney disease did not receive a test for urine microalbumin during a 12-month period. Ninety percent of patients who had hypertension and kidney disease also did not receive the test. Urine tests for microalbumin, a biological marker for renal vascular damage, are available through most laboratories. This test should be performed at least annually for these patients, according to guidelines from the National Kidney Foundation, the American Diabetes Association, the National Institutes of Health, and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.[5-8] Our report, based on results of 5.2 million patients in the Quest Diagnostics database, is a resounding alarm to the medical community that they need to do a better job of monitoring for this insidious disease. With increased physician awareness and improved monitoring, patients with CKD will be able to receive treatments that can slow disease progression, while those at risk for CKD will stand a better chance of having their disease detected in its early, most treatable stages. \this is simply horrible 1 in 9 americans die of kidney disease every year. people with diabetes make sure you get those tests done, does your doctor send you for tests when you see him or just offer you pills?