Figure 4. A recommended multidisciplinary stepped pathway for managing patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease.

For simplicity, this has been drawn as a linear follow-up pathway with the major emphasis being on diagnosis, prognosis and treatment at sequential visits. A shared care model with primary care physicians after full evaluation is complete and no treatment planned is an option in nationally funded systems. eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; US, ultrasound.