Ideas in this flowchart

• Diabetic Kidney Disease
• Overview
• Affects 1 in 3 with diabetes
• Leading cause of kidney failure in US
• Mechanism
• Chronically elevated blood sugar
• Damage to kidney blood vessels
• Protein leakage into urine
• Inflammation and fibrosis
• Decline in filtration
• Markers
• EGFR
• UAC
• Indicators of kidney stress
• Response
• Comprehensive approach
• Five strategies