Diabetes and kidney failure: a narrative review

Objective: to conduct a literature review on diabetes and kidney failure, focusing on risk factors, treatments, and complications.Method: literature review with narrative synthesis.Data sources: Scopus, ScienceDirect, and PubMed.Data selection: Documents were selected and analyzed using critical review, considering inclusion and exclusion criteria.Results: a corpus of 25 articles was analyzed, of which 6 were retrospective, longitudinal, systematic, narrative, correlational, and observational studies.The population included children, adolescents, adults, and older adults (18 to 86 years), as well as general population registries in various settings.The studies were conducted in several countries: Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Denmark, Thailand, Mexico, Finland, Korea, India, China, Glasgow, Babylon,