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When do we give statins in a patient with CKD?

Published On: 11 Nov, 2021 6:24 PM | Updated On: 26 Dec, 2024 5:50 PM

When do we give statins in a patient with CKD?

Dr. Sanjay Kumar Agarwal, Professor and Head of Nephrology, AIIMS, will talk about initiating statins in a patient with CKD in this video. He says that if the CKD patients has high cholesterol levels then statins are introduced. If the cholesterol levels are normal then no need of initiating statins.

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