Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO)

KDIGO is a global non-profit foundation dedicated to improving the care and outcomes of kidney disease patients worldwide.

KDIGO Controversies Conference News:

KDIGO Celebrates its Five-Year Anniversary (Adobe® Acrobat Reader® PDF 719KB)

New! Hepatitis C Guideline Tools Now Available

Upcoming Presentations: Where to learn more about KDIGO

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Paris, France
14th Congress of the European Society of Organ Transplantation, August 30- September 2

KDIGO Care of the Kidney Transplant Recipient Guideline

By: Drs Bertram Kasiske and Martin Zeier. Tuesday, September 1, 2009 from 13.00 to 14.00 hrs

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Hamburg, GERMANY38th EDTNA/ERCA Conference, September 5-8, 2009

KDIGO Guidelines on Care of the Kidney Transplant Recipient and Chronic Kidney Disease -
Mineral and Bone Disorder (CKD-MBD)

By Norbert Lameire, Theodor Vogels, and Markus Ketteler, Monday, September 7 at 9:00 am

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San Diego, CALIFORNIA42nd Annual Meeting & Scientific Exposition of the American Society of Nephrology - Renal Week, October 27-November 1, 2009

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1 from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm

An Overview of KDIGO -
Its Mission, Methods, and Progress to Date

Kai-Uwe Eckhardt 

KDIGO Guideline for Care of Transplant Recipients
Bertram Kasiske

Report of the Controversies Conference on Blood Pressure in CKD Stage 5D
Nathan Levin

Report of the Controversies Conference on CKD Classification
Andy Levey

Questions and Answers
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In your current dialysis practice, Hepatitis C infected patients are dialyzed:

1) Using strict hygienic precautions
2) In isolation from non-infected patients
3) Using a dedicated dialysis machine
4) With a new dialyzer for each session (no reuse)

Please select one
#1 only
#1 & 4 only
#1, 2, & 4 only
All of the above

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Guideline News

KDIGO currently has five global clinical practices guidelines in nephrology under development. Read more about each:

  • Diagnosis, Evaluation, Prevention and Treatment of Chronic Kidney Disease related Mineral and Bone Disorders (CKD-MBD), under the leadership of Drs. Tilman Drüeke and Sharon Moe (Anticipated Publication - August 2009) More »
  • Care of the Kidney Transplant Recipient, under the leadership of Drs. Bertram Kasiske and Martin Zeier (Anticipated Publication - October 2009) More »
  • Acute Kidney Injury (AKI), under the leadership of Norbert Lameire and John Kellum (Anticipated Publication – 2010). More »
  • Glomerulonephritis, under the leadership of Drs. Daniel Cattran and John Feehally (Anticipated Publication – 2011). More »
  • Hypertension in CKD, under the leadership of Drs. Gavin Becker and David Wheeler (Anticipated Publication – 2011) More »

Published KDIGO Clinical Practice Guidelines

KDIGO Clinical Practice Guideline for the Prevention, Diagnosis, Evaluation and Treatment of Hepatitis C in Chronic Kidney Disease