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Introduction

Patient Journey

We at VericiDx would like to thank the American Kidney Fund for their partnership in this project, and their assistance in providing patient and healthcare professional videos. The videos in the patient journey are meant to bring real life experiences to share with anyone who is searching for information to help them with their own personal journey.

Throughout the journey there will be white tabs with a patient name. Click on these to see videos of patients personal experiences with their journey.

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Table of Contents

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Table of Contents

Diagnosis/Kidney Disease

Table of Contents

• Diagnosis of Kidney Disease

• Emergency Room Diagnosis

• Care Managed by Primary Care Physician

• Referral to a Nephrologist

• CKD Stage 4

• End Stage Kidney Disease- CKD 5

• Dialysis

• Transplant Evaluation

• Palliative Care

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Diagnosis of Kidney Disease

Diagnosis/Kidney Disease

Diagnosis of Kidney Disease

This helps patients to recognize the symptoms, understand what resources are available to help manage kidney disease, to hopefully prevent progression to kidney failure, and if that isn’t possible, what to expect when the kidneys are failing.

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Care Managed by PCP

Referral to Nephrologist

Emergency Room Diagnosis

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Emergency Room

Diagnosis/Kidney Disease

Emergency Room Diagnosis

Patients will likely be admitted to the hospital to begin treatments to help them feel better. The process to set a patient up with a general nephrologist and possibly a surgeon may be done here. If a patient doesn’t have a primary care provider (PCP) that will also be set up if possible.

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Referral to Primary Care Provider

Referral to General Nephrologist

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Care Managed by PCP

Diagnosis/Kidney Disease

Care Managed By Primary Care Provider

A PCP is a primary care doctor. This doctor helps put a plan together, and coordinates and manages most of a patients care. They may send patients to other doctors like general nephrologists to help in managing kidney disease.

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Referral to a General Nephrologist

CKD Stage 4

End Stage Kidney Disease - CKD 5

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Referral to Nephrologist

Diagnosis/Kidney Disease

Referral to Nephrologist (Kidney Doctor)

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Palliative Care

Dialysis

Transplant Evaluation

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Dialysis

Diagnosis/Kidney Disease

Dialysis

Dialysis is a way to help the body perform the job of removing waste products and fluid that the kidneys can no longer perform. There are two major types of dialysis.

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Palliative Care

Transplant Evaluation

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CKD Stage 4

Diagnosis/Kidney Disease

CKD 4 - Kidney Disease

Patients with an eGFR of 15-29 ml/min

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Dialysis

Palliative Care

Transplant Evaluation

General Nephrologist

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CKD Stage 5 - Kidney Failure

Diagnosis/Kidney Disease

CKD 5 - Kidney Failure

eGFR below 15 ml/min

Long standing kidney disease usually leads to kidney failure (CKD-5).
Patients will have 3 choices at this time, dialysis, palliative care or pursuing transplant. (see buttons below)

- Patients will require dialysis at this point.
- Patients may be transplanted prior to dialysis if they have a living donor.
- Occasionally patients can receive a kidney transplant from a deceased-donor before needing dialysis.

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Dialysis

Palliative Care

Transplant Evaluation

General Nephrologist