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Albuminuria and eGFR: Independent Predictors of Mortality Speaker's Guide

Primary Care Strategies for Kidney Disease

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Multidisciplinary Clinical Action Plan

Evaluate and Treat CKD

NKF's popular online Clinical Action Plans have been expanded into multidisciplinary patient care plans for nurses, dietitians, MDs, dialysis technicians and social workers. more information

Clinical Practice Guidelines

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Downloadable Clinician Tools

Transplant Tools

Managing Your Adult Patients Who Have a Kidney Transplant - Implications for Primary Care (PDF* 1.38mb)

Managing Kidney Transplant Recipients, A Clinical Guide for Nephrology and Transplant Professionals (PDF* 1.44mb)

Chronic Kidney Disease - Mineral and Bone Disorder:

CKD - MBD: A Focus On Vascular Calcification (PDF* 1.1mb)

Managing PTH In CKD-MBD Insights For Dialysis (PDF* 396kb)

Best Practices in CKD-MBD: A Focus on Phosphorus (PDF* 705kb)

Evaluation and Treatment of Chronic Kidney Disease-Mineral and Bone Disorder (CKD-MBD) (PDF*2.37 mb)

The Role of Vitamin D and Vitamin D Receptor Activators in Cardiovascular and Kidney Health

Vascular Dysfunction, Atherosclerosis, and Vascular Calcification: Insights and Implications in CKD

KDOQI Clinical Practice Guideline for Nutrition in Children with CKD:
2008 Update
Guideline Tools:

Food Choices Are Part of…My Health. Tips for Teens With Kidney Disease (PDF* 963kb)

Nutritional Management: Children With Chronic Kidney Disease Stages 2 to 5 and 5D (PDF* 539kb)

Nutritional Management: Children With a Kidney Transplant (PDF* 934kb)

Hepatitis C and Chronic Kidney Disease
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