Anton C. Schoolwerth

TL;DR: A broad and coordinated public health approach will be necessary to meet the burgeoning health, economic, and societal challenges of chronic kidney disease.

TL;DR: The panel recommended a 10-point plan to improve surveillance, screening, education, and awareness directed at 3 target populations: people with CKD or at increased risk of developing CKD; providers, hospitals, and clinical laboratories; and the general public.

TL;DR: For a health problem or condition to be considered a public health issue, four criteria must be met: 1) the health condition must place a large burden on society, a burden that is getting larger despite existing control efforts; 2) the burden must be distributed unfairly (i.e., certain segments of the population are unequally affected); 3) there must be evidence that upstream preventive strategies could substantially reduce the burden of the condition; and 4) such preventive strategies are not yet in place.

TL;DR: Contrast volume is a key risk factor for CI-AKI and matters the most in the highest-risk patient and the incremental use of contrast beyond the MACD is associated with an increased risk of CI- AKI.