Editing Kidney failure (section)

===Chronic kidney failure===
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[[File:CKD - Chronic kidney disease.jpg|thumb|Illustration of a kidney from a person with chronic renal failure]]

[[Chronic kidney disease]] (CKD) can also develop slowly and, initially, show few symptoms.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000471.htm |title=Chronic kidney disease |year=2011 |encyclopedia=A.D.A.M. Medical Encyclopedia |publisher=  Medline Plus, National Institutes of Health |access-date=1 January 2013}}</ref> CKD can be the long term consequence of irreversible acute disease or part of a disease progression.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}} CKD is divided into 5 different stages (1–5) according to the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR). In CKD1 eGFR is normal and in CKD5 eGFR has decreased to less than 15&nbsp;ml/min.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-11-22 |title=Stages of kidney disease |url=https://www.kidneyfund.org/all-about-kidneys/stages-kidney-disease |access-date=2023-03-09 |website=www.kidneyfund.org |language=en}}</ref>