Table 5 Recommendation summary - diagnostic tests in newly diagnosed CKD

 blood pressure

▪

 serum creatinine

▪

▪

▪

 (e)GFR (creatinine)

*

▪

▪

▪

▪

▪

▪

 blood count

▪

▪

 serum urea

i

▪

 serum uric acid

▪

 serum albumin

i

▪

 serum electrolytes

▪

▪

 serum glucose

▪

▪

 lipids

▪

▪

 serum cystatin C

i

 eGFR (cystatin C)

i

 clearance

i

 HbA1c

 serum calcium

▪

i

 serum phosphate

i

 serum phosphorus

i

 serum PTH

▪

i

 serum 25-hydroxy-Vitamin D

▪

i

 iron

i

 serum electrophoresis

i

i

 ANA

i

i

 anti-ENA

i

 complement

i

i

 Hepatitis-B serology

i

 Hepatitis-C serology

i

 HIV-serology

i

 anti-GBM

i

i

 ANCA

i

i

 inulin

i

 ⁵¹Cr-EDTA

i

 ¹²⁵I-iothalamate

i

 iohexol

i

 albuminuria

▪

▪

i

▪

▪

–

 proteinuria - reagent strips

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 urine albumin-creatinin-ratio (ACR)

▪**

i

▪

n

 urine protein-creatinin ratio (PCR)

▪**

i

 urine leucocytes

▪

 hematuria

▪

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 urine microscopy

▪

(−)

 24 h urine

i

 urine electophoresis

i

 renal ultrasound

i

▪

▪

i

▪

i

 bladder ultrasound

i

 MRI

 CT

 Angiography

 renal artery doppler

i

i

 kidney biopsy

i