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According to Papadakis and McPhee (2015), chronic kidney disease affects more than 20 million individuals in the United States or every one individual out of nine. Most of the individuals remain unaware of their condition till it becomes full blown and has reached end-stage.
According to Mohan (2010), chronic kidney disease or formerly known as chronic renal failure is a progressive and irreversible damage to renal parenchyma leading to depressed renal function. The major issues in CKD are acidosis, azotemia and uraemic syndrome.
