Table of contents

  • Preliminary material (161K PDF)
    • Half title and verso pages
    • Title and verso pages
    • Contents
    • Lists of tables and figures
    • Acknowledgements
    • Abbreviations
    • Executive summary
  • Sections
    1. Introduction (169K PDF)
      • The kidneys
      • Chronic kidney disease
      • Purpose and structure of this report
      • References
    2. The burden of chronic kidney disease (299K PDF)
      • Introduction
      • Reduction in kidney function
      • Comorbidities and complications of chronic kidney disease
      • Disability and quality of life
      • Health service usage
      • Treatment for end-stage kidney disease
      • Mortality
      • References
    3. Risk factors and causes of chronic kidney disease (254K PDF)
      • Introduction
      • Biomedical factors causing kidney damage
      • Modifiable factors increasing risk of chronic kidney disease
      • Other factors influencing chronic kidney disease
      • References
    4. Causes of treated end-stage kidney disease (212K PDF)
      • Introduction
      • Major causes of treated end-stage kidney disease
      • Glomerulonephritis
      • Diabetic nephropathy
      • Hypertensive kidney disease
      • Analgesic nephropathy
      • Reflux nephropathy
      • Polycystic kidney diseases
      • References
    5. Prevention and management of chronic kidney disease (195K PDF)
      • Risk reduction
      • Early detection
      • Management of early chronic kidney disease
      • Management of pre-dialysis
      • Management of end-stage kidney disease
      • References
    6. Chronic kidney disease in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people (171K PDF)
      • Prevalence of chronic kidney disease and its risk factors
      • Health care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with chronic kidney disease
      • Hospitalisation associated with chronic kidney disease
      • Deaths associated with chronic kidney disease
      • References
  • End matter (195K PDF)
    • Appendixes
      1. Identification of people with chronic kidney disease; statistical methods; and data sources
        • Identification of people with chronic kidney disease
        • Statistical methods
        • Data sources
      2. Adequacy of haemodialysis
      3. Potential chronic kidney disease indicators and monitoring framework
        • Potential chronic kidney disease indicators