We thank the KDIGO Co-Chairs, Garabed Eknoyan and
Norbert Lameire, and the KDIGO Board for their invaluable
guidance throughout the development of these first global
guidelines. As already acknowledged in the Foreword by
the KDIGO Co-Chairs, the efficient support provided by the
Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes/National
Kidney Foundation (KDIGO/NKF) staff was instrumental
for the success of the whole endeavor. The expertise of the
Evidence Review Team was critical throughout the process.
On behalf of all the Work Group members, we express our
appreciation for their substantial contribution to the rigorous
assessment of the available evidence. We are especially
grateful to the Work Group members and liaison officers.
Without the benefit of their expertise throughout the whole
process of data extraction, meetings, innumerable conference
calls, the critical writing, and editing of the statements and
rationale, these guidelines would not have been possible. The
generous gift of their time and expertise is greatly
appreciated.
Finally, and on behalf of the Work Group, we acknowledge
the careful assessment of the draft guidelines by external
reviewers. The Work Group carefully considered all of the
valuable comments made and several of the suggested
changes were incorporated in this final report. The following
individuals provided review of the draft guidelines: Kevin
Abbott, Vidya N Acharya (National Kidney Foundation-
India), Sanjay K Agarwal, Mona Al Rukhaimi, Dolores
Arenas (Spanish Society of Nephrology), Mustafa Arici,
Guillermina Barril (Spanish Society of Nephrology), Bryan
Becker, Gavin Becker, Ignacio Villanueva Bendek, Premila
Bhat, JA Bijlsma, Robert Blaser (Renal Physicians Association),
Sandy Bodin (American Nephrology Nurses Association),
Elisabeth W Boeschoten (Dutch Kidney Foundation), Hector
Bonilla (Infectious Diseases Society of America), Annette
Bruchfeld, Evelyn Butera, Ricardo Chavez, Massimo Colombo,
Adrian Covic, Peter Crooks, Francis Delmonico (The
Transplantation Society), Karen Doucette (Canadian Society
of Nephrology), Jarraya Faical, Denis Fouque, Suzanne
Gagne, Cathy Garvey, Marija Gilja, Mary Jo Goolsby
(American Academy of Nurse Practitioners), Debbie Gregory
(Renal Society of Australasia), William Haley, Lori
Harwood (Canadian Association of Nephrology Nurses and
Technologists), Niwrutti K Hase, Salwa Ibrahim, Will Irving
(The European Society for Clinical Virology), Bertrand Jaber,
Michelle Josephson, Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, Markus Ketteler,
Bryce Kiberd, Henri Kreis, Craig Langman, Luis Roberto Leon,
Edgar V Lerma, Nathan W Levin, Kelvin Lynn (New Zealand
Kidney Foundation), Robert Mactier (UK Renal Association),
Janette Mansour, Leonardo Marin, Linda McCann, Ravindra
Mehta, Maureen Michael, Gabriel Mircescu, Sharon Moe,
Nisith Kumar Mohanty, Bruce Molitoris, Michal Mysliwiec
(Polish Society of Nephrology), Sarala Naicker, Mooppil
Nandakumar (National Kidney Foundation-Singapore),
Chas Newstead (British Transplantation Society), Zawawi
Nordin, Messaoud Ouziala, Oktay Ozkan, Emilio González
Parra (Spanish Society of Nephrology), Mohan Rajapurkar
(Muljibhai Patel Society for Research in Nephro-Urology &
Hospital, Gujarat, India), Harin Ur Rashid (Bangladesh Renal
Association), Ezequiel Ridruejo, Lynn Riley, Anne Rismeyer,
Alison Roche, Michele Root (American Nephrology
Nurses Association), Morris Sherman, Bhupinder Singh,
Parlindungan Siregar (Indonesian Society of Nephrology),
Yewondwossen Tadesse, Norah Terrault, Chris van Bakel
(Renal Society of Australasia), Raymond Vanholder, Flavio
Vincenti (American Society of Transplantation), Rowan
Walker, Hai Yan Wang, Christopher Winearls (UK Renal
Association), Jerry Yee.
Participation in the review does not necessarily constitute
endorsement of the content of the report by the individuals
or the organization or institution they represent.
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