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Meet Amelie
Amelie is a 42-year-old woman with T2D, HT, gout, and osteoarthritis. She has previously been prescribed metformin, a fixed dose combination of lisinopril and hydrochlorothiazide*, and naproxen†. She is a new patient and has come in to meet you for a health checkup. In the following questions, please select all answers that apply.
Learn more about early diagnosis and screening
Looking at Amelie’s medical history, you can see that she has had a stable serum creatinine of 0.9 mg/dl and an eGFR 51ml/min/1.72m2 over the past 6 months.
Learn more about the treatment and management of CKD and comorbid conditions
Now you have screened and diagnosed our virtual patient Amelie. Continue on to our treating chronic kidney disease section to find our second virtual patient Thomas who has progressive CKD.
Abbreviations
ACE, angiotensin converting enzyme; CKD, chronic kidney disease; COX, cyclooxygenase; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; HT, hypertension; KDIGO, Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes; NSAID, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug; T2D, type 2 diabetes mellitus; WHO, World Health Organisation. Amelie is a theoretical patient case adapted from existing case studies for educational purposes only9,10. *The fixed dose combination product of lisinopril, an inhibitor of ACE, and hydrochlorothiazide, a thiazide diuretic, are indicated for primary hypertension11; †Naproxen is a non-selective COX inhibitor and NSAID indicated for the treatment of osteoarthritis and acute gout12.
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