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The New KDOQI^TM Clinical Practice Guidelines and Clinical Practice Recommendations for Diabetes and CKD
Robert G. Nelson^a, Katherine R. Tuttle^b, for the National Kidney Foundation

^aPhoenix Epidemiology and Clinical Research Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Phoenix, Ariz., and
^bProvidence Medical Research Center, Spokane, Wash., USA

Address of Corresponding Author

Blood Purif 2007;25:112-114 (DOI: 10.1159/000096407)

  Key Words

• Chronic kidney disease
• Diabetes
• Guidelines, KDOQI

  Abstract

Background/Aims: The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) recently published new guidelines and clinical practice recommendations for the diagnosis and management of patients with diabetes and chronic kidney disease (CKD). Methods: Guidelines were developed using an evidence-based approach. When sufficient evidence was lacking, recommendations were developed that reflect expert opinion. Results: Guidelines describe the process for screening and diagnosis of kidney disease in the setting of diabetes and the management of hyperglycemia, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and nutrition. Recommendations describe the management of albuminuria in the normotensive diabetic patient and the potential value of albuminuria as a marker of treatment efficacy; the impact of diabetes and CKD in special populations; the importance of behavioral self-management; and the value of intensive multifaceted intervention in these high risk patients. Conclusions: The new guidelines and recommendations update and extend the scope of the NKF's Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (KDOQI^TM).

Copyright © 2007 S. Karger AG, Basel

  Author Contacts

Dr. Robert G. Nelson
National Institutes of Health
1550 East Indian School Road
Phoenix, AZ 85014-4972 (USA)
Tel. +1 602 200 5205, Fax +1 602 200 5225, E-Mail rgnelson@mail.nih.gov

  Article Information

A similar report was recently published in Nephrology News and Issues (Nelson RG, Tuttle KR: NFK releases new KDOQI guidelines for diabetes and CKD. Nephrol News Issues 2006;20:29.

Published online: December 14, 2006
Number of Print Pages : 3
Number of Figures : 0, Number of Tables : 2, Number of References : 10