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Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is a highly prevalent condition in the United States and worldwide.<\/p>\nChronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is a highly prevalent condition in the United States and worldwide.<\/p>\n
The most common cause is diabetes<\/a> and\/or hypertension<\/a>. It can lead to end-stage kidney disease which requires treatment to replace lost kidney function. Kidney function replacement requires either a kidney transplant or some form of dialysis.<\/p>\n Remarkable progress has been made in the last few years in the diagnosis and management of CKD. The CKD clinic at UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital is at the forefront of research and discovery, as well as delivery of contemporary care for CKD.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2356,"featured_media":7585,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-2093","uch_location","type-uch_location","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/locations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uch_location\/2093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/locations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uch_location"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/locations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/uch_location"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/locations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2356"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/locations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/locations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}