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The Costs of Preventing Kidney Failure in People with Diabetes
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What is the problem and what is known about it so far?
Kidney failure is a late complication of diabetes. Medicines called angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors delay kidney failure in persons with diabetes. There are two ways to detect early kidney damage: testing urine for a moderate amount of protein (proteinuria) or for a small amount of protein (microalbuminuria). (Proteinuria is easier to …
