Clinician Tools

GFR Calculator

• GFR Calculator
• Pediatric GFR Calculator

Primary Care Strategies for Kidney Disease

How many of your patients with diabetes, hypertension or cardiovascular disease have undiagnosed or early chronic kidney disease?

A new interactive CKD clinical action planner for the primary care health team to:

• Generate a tailored care plan of evidence-based interventions based on CKD stage
• Download complimentary, bilingual patient information to support your plan of care
• Improve outcomes in your patients at risk for CKD or with early CKD

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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.

Clinical Practice Guidelines

• Published K/DOQI Guidelines
• Diabetes, Chronic Kidney Disease and Special Populations

CNSW

• CNSW Pediatric Toolkit

Downloadable Clinician Tools

• HIV and CKD: Understanding GFR in People with HIV (PDF* 640KB)
• Cystatin C: What is it's role in determining GFR? (PDF* 5.180KB)
• NEW! “ANTIHYPERTENSIVA: MEHRFACHNUTZEN BEI CHRONISCHER NIERENKRANKHEIT – STADIEN 1- 4” (Antihypertensive Agents: Multiple Benefits in Chronic Kidney Disease – Stages 1–4) (PDF* 1.4MB)
• Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis (NSF)
  Reducing Risk in Patients with Acute Kidney Injury and Chronic Kidney Disease (PDF* 377KB)
• New ICD-9 Codes For Chronic Kidney Disease (PDF* 1.3MB)
• Anemia in Stages 1-4, stage 5 not on dialysis Dialysis treatment algorithm card
• Screening for Microalbuminuria in Patients with Diabetes (PDF* 1.4MB)
• Self-Management, Diabetes and CKD: A Teaching Tool for Diabetes Educators (PDF* 3.2MB)
• Hypertension and Antihypertensive Agents in CKD quick Reference Guide (PDF* 5.8MB)
• Managing Dyslipidemias in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease (PDF* 198KB)
• Proteinuria Algorithm (PDF* 100KB)