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- Title
Developing the subspecialty of cardio-nephrology: The time has come. A position paper from the coordinating committee from the Working Group for Cardiorenal Medicine of the Spanish Society of Nephrology.
- Authors
Díez, Javier; Navarro-González, Juan F.; Ortiz, Alberto; Santamaría, Rafael; de Sequera, Patricia
- Abstract
Patients with the dual burden of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) experience unacceptably high rates of morbidity and mortality, which also entail unfavorable effects on healthcare systems. Currently, concerted efforts to identify, prevent and treat CVD in CKD patients are lacking at the institutional level, with emphasis still being placed on individual specialty views on this topic. The authors of this position paper endorse the need for a dedicated interdisciplinary team of subspecialists in cardio-nephrology that manages appropriate clinical interventions across the inpatient and outpatient settings. There is a critical need for training programs, guidelines and best clinical practice models, and research funding from nephrology, cardiology and other professional societies, to support the development of the subspecialty of cardio-nephrology. This position paper from the coordinating committee from the Working Group for Cardiorenal Medicine of the Spanish Society of Nephrology (S.E.N.) is intended tobe the starting point to develop the subspecialty of cardio-nephrology within the S.E.N. The implementation of the subspecialty in day-today nephrological practice will help to diagnose, treat, and prevent CVD in CKD patients in a precise, clinically effective, and health cost-favorable manner.
- Subjects
CARDIOVASCULAR diseases; NEPHROLOGY; CHRONIC kidney failure; DIAGNOSIS; WORKS councils; PROFESSIONAL associations
- Publication
Nefrologia, 2021, Vol 41, Issue 4, p391
- ISSN
0211-6995
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1016/j.nefroe.2021.02.010