Treatment of Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease
Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is a chronic systemic disease that affects all races and ethnicities. It is the fourth leading cause of end-stage kidney disease, and it has a heterogenous phenotype ranging from mild to severe disease. Identifying patients with ADPKD who are at risk of rapid progression can guide therapeutic decisions. Several tools to predict disease severity are available, based on features such as total kidney volume from magnetic resonance imaging, PKD genotype, eGFR trajectory, and the occurrence of hypertension and urologic complications early in life.