The Paucity of Evidence Supporting Screening for Stages 1–3 CKD in Asymptomatic Patients with or without Risk Factors

The American College of Physicians recently published a guideline on screening for CKD that recommends against screening for CKD in asymptomatic adults without risk factors. The generally accepted criteria for population-based screening for disease state that screening should improve important clinical outcomes while limiting harms for those individuals screened. However, CKD screening does not meet these criteria. There is currently no evidence...