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Title
Endorsement of the kidney disease improving global outcomes (KDIGO) guidelines on kidney transplantation: a European renal best practice (ERBP) position statement
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Institution/Organisation
European Renal Best Practice Work
Abstract
KDIGO (Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes) is an international independent body aiming to 'improve the care and outcomes of kidney disease patients worldwide, through the development and implementation of clinical practice guidelines'. Recently, the KDIGO work group has produced comprehensive clinical practice guidelines for the care of kidney transplant recipients (KTRs). The guideline makes recommendations for immunosuppression, graft monitoring, as well as prevention and treatment of infection, cardiovascular disease, malignancy and other complications that are common in KTRs, including haematological and bone disorders. Because most guidelines were 'soft' rather than 'strong', and because global guidelines need to be adapted and implemented into the regional context where they are used, the European Renal Best Practice (ERBP) Advisory Board appointed a work group of transplant nephrologists and surgeons to review the newest KDIGO guideline and comment on its relevance and applicability for European KTRs. In this article, we concentrate only on those guidelines which we considered worth amending or adapting. All guidelines not mentioned are fully endorsed.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation. - Berlin
Publication
Oxford : Oxford univ press , 2011
ISSN
0931-0509
DOI
10.1093/NDT/GFR169
Volume/pages
26 :7 (2011) , p. 2099-2106
ISI
000292329500009
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