Opioid meds tied to higher risk of death in people with kidney disease American Heart Association Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is usually a clinical diagnosis in a patient with long standing diabetes (>10 years) with albuminuria and or reduced estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) in the absence of signs or Kidney Injury (Renal Dysfunction) ChemoExperts Diabetic kidney disease is a common and costly complication in patients with type 2 diabetes(1,2)