KDOQI (Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative)

KDOQI™Guidelines and Commentaries


KDOQI’s evidence-based clinical practice guidelines are updated on an ongoing basis, as new evidence becomes available. KDOQI also provides timely commentary on the applicability of the global KDIGO guidelines in the US clinical and regulatory environment.

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REVIEW KDOQI Clinical Practice Guideline for Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease: Update 2011

KDOQI Guidelines

The National Kidney Foundation Kidney Disease Outcome Quality Initiative (NKF KDOQI) ™ has provided evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for all stages of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and related complications since 1997. Recognized throughout the world for improving the diagnosis and treatment of kidney disease, the KDOQI Guidelines have changed the practice of numerous specialties and disciplines and improved the lives of thousand of kidney patients.

To date, KDOQI has developed and disseminated the following thirteen guidelines for the care of kidney disease patients.

KDOQI Guidelines for CKD Care:

KDOQI Guidelines for Dialysis Care:

Bradley Warady




Bradley Warady, MD Co-Chair of
KDOQI CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINE FOR NUTRITION GUIDELINE IN CHILDREN WITH CKD: 2008 UPDATE SPEAKS AT NKF SPRING CLINICAL MEETINGS

American Journal of Kidney Diseases (AJKD)

All KDOQI Guidelines and Commentaries are published in American Journal of Kidney Diseases (AJKD), NKF’s premier journal.

KDOQI US Commentary on the KDIGO Clinical Practice Guideline

KDOQI US Commentary on the KDIGO Clinical Practice Guideline for the Prevention, Diagnosis, Evaluation and Treatment of Hepatitis C in Chronic Kidney Disease 2008

KDIGO (Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes) is an independently incorporated foundation governed by an International Board and managed by the National Kidney Foundation. Its mission is to improve the care and outcomes of kidney disease patients worldwide through the development and implementation of international clinical practice guidelines.

Commentaries on KDIGO Guidelines

As each KDIGO Guideline is finalized, KDOQI convenes a small work group of U.S. based experts to review the guideline and write a commentary to help the U.S. audience understand the applicability and importance of the guidelines in their local clinical environment. These commentaries are published in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases, and will form the basis for U.S.-specific implementation tools and programs, which will be produced under the KDOQI brand.

CKD Mineral and Bone Disorder

KDOQI Commentaries include:

  • KDOQI Hepatitis C Commentary
  • KDOQI US Commentary on the 2009 KDIGO Clinical Practice Guideline for the Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Treatment of CKD–Mineral and Bone Disorder (CKD-MBD) available here, and will be published in AJKD's May 2010 issue.
  • KDOQI commentary will begin this spring to review KDIGO’s Care of the Kidney Transplant Patient
    Members will include a transplant nephrologist and a transplant surgeon.
    Projected Publication: Summer 2010.
   
 

Guidelines from other Kidney Disease Professionals

KDOQI Position Statements

KDOQI and KDIGO® released a joint position statement in the June 2009 issue of AJKD. The statement reviews the ongoing debate about how and whether to modify the current CKD definition and classification and proposes a structured review of recent data to resolve controversy. (Download PDF)

ABOUT US: KDOQI Guidelines and Commentaries

Jeffrey BernsJeffrey Berns, MD FACP, FASN Vice Chair, Guidelines and Commentaries
Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Director of the University of Pennsylvania Renal Fellowship Training Program Interim Chief of the Penn Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension Division Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

KDOQI Commentaries Committee Members for CKD-MBD:

Stanley Goldfarb, MD - Chair
University of Pennsylvania 		Bryan Kestenbaum, MD
University of Washington
Stuart Sprague, MD
Evanston Hospital, Illinois		 Mary Leonard, MD
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Kevin Martin, MD
St. Louis University HSC

Committee Members for Care of the Kidney Transplant Recipient:

Margaret Bia, MD
Yale University