Serum fibrinogen levels are an independent predictor of mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) stages 3 and 4.

Patients with chronic kidney disease have substantial risk for cardiovascular mortality, but the relative importance of traditional and novel risk factors is unknown. Several studies in hemodialysis patients have demonstrated that inflammatory markers are potent predictors of mortality, however there are scarce data about stable patients with moderate chronic kidney disease. 128 outpatients with estimated glomerular filtration of less than 60 ml/min per 1.

[Therapeutic guidelines fulfillment in clinical practice in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD)].

Objective: The present study was designed to determine the degree of fulfillment of the therapeutic objectives recommended in the clinical guidelines in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) in a nephrology outpatient clinic and the treatment that the patients were receiving to control these objectives.

Methods: A descriptive, cross-sectional study was performed in unselected patients with CKD (stages 1-5) who attended the nephrology outpatient clinic of the Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón for follow up between 1st January and 1st April 2006.

Results: Data from 600 patients with a mean age of 62.