Will You Take the Blue or Red Pill?
Calcium channel blockers (CCBs) and renin-angiotensin-system inhibitors (RASi) are two classes of antihypertensive medications frequently used as initial therapy for [...]
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Caring for Patients with Hepatitis C and CKD in the Modern Era: The 2018 KDIGO Guideline
Over the last few years, the management of hepatitis C has been revolutionized by the advent of direct antiviral agents (DAA). This has arguably been one of the most [...]
#KidneyWk 2017: KDIGO Guideline and Conference Updates
As KDIGO Social Media Ambassador, I always make it a point to attend the KDIGO Guideline and Conference Updates at Kidney Week. It always provides a nice compendium of [...]
KDIGO Guidelines on Living Kidney Donors: A Call for A Paradigm Shift
The much-anticipated KDIGO Clinical Practice Guideline on the Evaluation and Care of Living Kidney Donors was recently published. It is available in two versions: a 10-page [...]
KDIGO CKD-MBD Updated Guideline: The More We Know, The Less We Know
The KDIGO Chronic Kidney Disease–Mineral and Bone Disorder (CKD-MBD) Guideline Update was released last month. The team at KDIGO, as usual, did a great job presenting the [...]
Kidney Week 2013: KDIGO App — Past, Present and Future
Nephrology has been at the forefront of clinical practice guidelines since the publication of Dialysis Outcomes Quality Initiative (DOQI) in 1997. These guidelines are [...]